1 Samuel 10 · Verse 18

1 Samuel 10:18

And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
1 Samuel 10:18, King James Version

1 Samuel 10:18 in other translations

BSBand said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
WEBand he said to the children of Israel, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
ASVand he said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:
YLTand saith unto the sons of Israel, ‘Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I have brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I deliver you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms who are oppressing you;
DARBYAnd he said to the children of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you;
BBEAnd he said to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I took Israel out of Egypt, and made you free from the hands of the Egyptians and from all the kingdoms which kept you down:
WebsterAnd said to the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:

What does 1 Samuel 10:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 10:17-25

17-25. Samuel called the people together ... at Mizpeh--a shaft-like hill near Hebron, five hundred feet in height. The national assemblies of the Israelites were held there. A day having been appointed for the election of a king, Samuel, after having charged the people with a rejection of God's institution and a superseding of it by one of their own, proceeded to the nomination of the new monarch. As it was of the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 I brought up Israel out of Egypt - These are similar to the upbraidings in 1Sam 8:7, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 10:17-27

Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid himself. It is good to be conscious of our unworthiness and insufficiency for the services to which we are called; but men should not go into the contrary extreme, by refusing the employments to which the Lord and the church…

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1 Samuel 10:18 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר\׀vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל\ \פYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֤ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אָנֹכִ֛י'a.no.KhiIH595
הֶעֱלֵ֥יתִיhe.'e.Lei.tiI brought upH5927
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714
וָאַצִּ֤ילva.'a.Tziland I deliveredH5337
אֶתְכֶם֙'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
מִיַּ֣דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
וּמִיַּד֙u.mi.Yadand from [the] hand ofH3027
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַמַּמְלָכ֔וֹתha.mam.la.Khotthe kingdomsH4467
הַלֹּחֲצִ֖יםha.lo.cha.Tzimthat were oppressingH3905
אֶתְכֶֽם\׃'et.Khem<obj.> youH853

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 10:18

  • Judges 6:8-9

    That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;

  • Judges 2:1

    And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

  • Nehemiah 9:27-28

    Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

  • Nehemiah 9:9-12

    And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thus saith.
Jud 2:1; 6:8,9; Ne 9:9-12,27,28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 10:17

    And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh;

  • 1 Samuel 10:18

    And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:

  • 1 Samuel 10:19

    And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.

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1 Samuel 10:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijo á los hijos de Israel: Así ha dicho Jehová el Dios de Israel: Yo saqué á Israel de Egipto, y os libré de mano de los Egipcios, y de mano de todos los reinos que os afligieron:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il dit aux fils d’Israël: Ainsi a dit l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Moi, j’ai fait monter Israël hors d’Égypte, et je vous ai délivrés de la main des Égyptiens et de la main de tous les royaumes qui vous opprimaient;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er sprach zu den Kindern Israel: So spricht Jehova, der Gott Israels: Ich habe Israel aus Ägypten heraufgeführt und euch errettet aus der Hand der Ägypter und aus der Hand all der Königreiche, die euch bedrückten;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et ait ad filios Israël: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël: Ego eduxi Israël de Ægypto, et erui vos de manu Ægyptiorum, et de manu omnium regum qui affligebant vos.