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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 9:16 - Strong Concordance

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1Sa 9:16 Strong Concordance To morrow [04279] about this time [06256] I will send [07971] thee a man [0376] out of the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144], and thou shalt anoint [04886] him to be captain [05057] over my people [05971] Israel [03478], that he may save [03467] my people [05971] out of the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430]: for I have looked [07200] upon my people [05971], because their cry [06818] is come [0935] unto me.
  King James To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
That he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines, etc. - These words are not very easily reconcileable with Sa1 7:13. It is possible that the aggressive movements of the Philistines, after the long cessation indicated by Sa1 7:13, coupled with Samuel's old age and consequent inability to lead them to victory as before, were among the chief causes which led to the cry for a king. If this were so the Philistine oppression glanced at in this verse might in a general survey be rather connected with Saul's times than with Samuel's.
 
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13 So the Philistines [06430] were subdued [03665], and they came [0935] no more [03254] into the coast [01366] of Israel [03478]: and the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was against the Philistines [06430] all the days [03117] of Samuel [08050].
13 So the Philistines [06430] were subdued [03665], and they came [0935] no more [03254] into the coast [01366] of Israel [03478]: and the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was against the Philistines [06430] all the days [03117] of Samuel [08050].