John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel , etc.] When he had taken his leave of him, and set forward on his journey: God gave him another heart ; not in a moral or spiritual sense, not a new heart, and a new spirit, as in conversion, but in a civil sense, a right heart, a heart fit for government; filled with wisdom and prudence to rule a people; with courage and magnanimity to protect and defend them against their enemies, and fight for them; a heart not taken up with the affairs of husbandry, with care for his father’s asses, and looking after his herds, but filled with concern for the civil welfare of Israel, and with schemes and contrivances for their good, and with warm resolutions to deliver them out of the hands of their enemies: and all these signs came to pass that day ; the two first, which are not particularly mentioned as fulfilled, being more private, as finding two men at Rachel’s sepulchre, and meeting with three others going to Bethel, which came to pass just as they were described; and the third, which was more public, and gave Saul more reverence and respect among the people, is next particularly observed.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-16 - The signs Samuel had given Saul, came to pass punctually; he found tha God had given him another heart, another disposition of mind. Yet le not an outward show of devotion, and a sudden change for the present be too much relied on; Saul among the prophets was Saul still. Hi being anointed was kept private. He leaves it to God to carry on his own work by Samuel, and sits still, to see how the matter will fall.
Original Hebrew והיה1961 כהפנתו6437 שׁכמו7926 ללכת1980 מעם5973 שׁמואל8050 ויהפך2015 לו אלהים430 לב3820 אחר312 ויבאו935 כל3605 האתות226 האלה428 ביום3117 ההוא׃1931
