1 Samuel 10 · Verse 22

1 Samuel 10:22

Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
1 Samuel 10:22, King James Version

1 Samuel 10:22 in other translations

BSBSo again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
WEBTherefore they asked of the LORD further, “Is there yet a man to come here?” The LORD answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
ASVTherefore they asked of Jehovah further, Is there yet a man to come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.
YLTAnd they ask again at Jehovah, ‘Hath the man yet come hither?' and Jehovah saith, ‘Lo, he hath been hidden near the vessels.'
DARBYTherefore they inquired of Jehovah further, Will the man yet come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.
BBESo they put another question to the Lord, Is the man present here? And the answer of the Lord was, He is keeping himself from view among the goods.
WebsterTherefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man would yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

What does 1 Samuel 10:22 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 22 The Lord answered - What a continual access to God! and what condescension in his attention to all their requests! The stuff among which he had secreted himself may mean the carts, baggage, etc., brought by the people to Mizpeh.

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 10:22 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ\־vai.yish.'a.lu-and they enquiredH7592
עוֹד֙'OdagainH5750
בַּֽיהוָ֔הba.Yah.wehby YahwehH3068
הֲבָ֥אha.Va'¿ has he comeH935
ע֖וֹדodyetH5750
הֲלֹ֣םha.LomhereH1988
אִ֑ישׁ\ \ס'Ish[the] manH376
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הִנֵּה\־hi.neh-here!H2009
ה֥וּאhu'heH1931
נֶחְבָּ֖אnech.Ba'[is] hiding himselfH2244
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הַכֵּלִֽים\׃ha.ke.Limthe baggage<s>H3627

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

Cross references for 1 Samuel 10:22

  • Numbers 27:21

    And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

  • Judges 20:18

    And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.

  • 1 Samuel 23:11-12

    Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up.

  • 1 Samuel 9:21

    And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

  • 1 Samuel 15:17

    And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

  • Luke 14:11

    For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  • 1 Samuel 23:2-4

    Therefore David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? Then David enquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

  • Judges 20:28

    And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

  • Judges 1:1

    Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

  • Judges 20:23

    (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
enquired.
23:2-4,11,12; Nu 27:21; Jud 1:1; 20:18,23,28
hid.
9:21; 15:17; Lu 14:11

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 10:21

    When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

  • 1 Samuel 10:22

    Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

  • 1 Samuel 10:23

    And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

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1 Samuel 10:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Preguntaron pues otra vez á Jehová, si había aún de venir allí aquel varón. Y respondió Jehová: He aquí que él está escondido entre el bagaje.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils interrogèrent encore l’ Éternel: L’homme viendra-t-il encore ici? Et l’ Éternel dit: Voici, il s’est caché parmi les bagages.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie befragten wiederum Jehova: Wird der Mann noch hierher kommen? Und Jehova sprach: Siehe, er hat sich bei dem Geräte versteckt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et consuluerunt post hæc Dominum utrumnam venturus esset illuc. Responditque Dominus: Ecce absconditus est domi.