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  1. Extraordinary<\/span><\/i>. Saul apparently is physically quite exceptional: \u201cSaul, an excellent young man; no one among the Israelites was handsomer than he; he was a head taller than any of the people\u201d (v. 2). The very fact of a biblical description of masculine beauty is exceptional. Remember this: in seven chapters (ch 16), we\u2019ll get a different perspective on it. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Saul and the boy<\/span><\/i>. They are a pair, whose characters shed light on the other. Notice who takes initiative, and is determined, and who is more sensitive and passive. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. A historical dictionary<\/span><\/i>. FYI: \u201cFormerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he would say, \u2018Come, let us go to the seer (roeh),\u2019 for the prophet (navi) of today was formerly called a seer\u201d (v. 9).<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. A very emotional conversation<\/span><\/i> (vv. 11-13). Saul and his servant ask the youn women who are drawing water at the well a five-word question \u201cIs the seer in town\u201d (only three words in Hebrew), and the answer is long and spirited. Perhaps due to Saul\u2019s impressive appearance, as Rabbi Yehudah suggests (in Midrash Shmuel 13): \u201cThis shows that they gazed upon his beauty, and could not get enough of it.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. By the book<\/i>. Saul\u2019s answer: \u201c\u2018But I am only a Benjaminite, from the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my clan is the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin! Why do you say such things to me?\u2019\u201d (v 21), is reminiscent of the humility with which Moses responded when God charged him with his mission.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","image":{"ID":86314,"id":86314,"title":"Points to ponder","filename":"Points-to-ponder.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-psalm-84\/points-to-ponder\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"points-to-ponder","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":86166,"date":"2021-01-09 20:56:58","modified":"2023-12-28 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