SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:20
Y de las asnas que se te perdieron hoy hace tres días, pierde cuidado de ellas, porque se han hallado. Mas ¿por quién es todo el deseo de Israel, sino por ti y por toda la casa de tu padre?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 9:20
Verse 20. As for thine asses] Thus he shows him that he knew what was in his heart, God having previously revealed these things to Samuel. And on whom is all the desire of Israel?] Saul understood this as implying that he was chosen to be king.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago , etc.] Which, according to Kimchi, is to be understood not of the time from whence they were lost, but to be reckoned from the time that Saul had been seeking of them; so the Targum, “as to the business of the asses, which are lost to thee, and thou art come to seek them today, these three days:” though it is probable enough that the same day they were lost Saul set out to seek them, Now Samuel telling him of the asses that were lost, and of the time of their being lost, or of his seeking them, so exactly, before ever he said a word to him about them, must at once convince him that he was a true prophet, and which must prepare him to give credit to all that he should hereafter say to him: set not thy mind on them, for they are found ; of the truth of which he could not doubt, after he had said the above words; and which he said to make his mind easy, that he might the more cheerfully attend the feast, and be the more willing to stay all night: and on whom is all the desire of Israel ? which was to have a king; in this they were unanimous, and who so fit and proper as Saul, it is intimated, whom Samuel knew God had chosen and appointed to be king over them? is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house ? not that the Israelites had their eye on Saul, and their desire after him to be their king, though he was such an one as they wished for; but that as this desire of theirs was granted, it would issue and terminate in him and his family; he should be advanced to the throne, which would be attended with the promotion of his father’s house, as Abner particularly, who was his uncle’s son, and was made the general of the army.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-27 - Samuel, that good prophet, was so far from envying Saul, or bearing his any ill-will, that he was the first and most forward to do him honour Both that evening and early the next morning, Samuel communed with Sau upon the flat roof of the house. We may suppose Samuel now convince Saul that he was the person God had fixed upon for the government, an of his own willingness to resign. How different are the purposes of the Lord for us, from our intentions for ourselves! Perhaps Saul was the only one who ever went out to seek asses, and literally found kingdom; but many have set out and moved their dwellings to seek riche and pleasures, who have been guided to places where they foun salvation for their souls. Thus they have met with those who addresse them as if aware of the secrets of their lives and hearts, and have been led seriously to regard the word of the Lord. If this has been ou case, though our worldly plans have not prospered, let us not care for that; the Lord has given us, or has prepared us for, what is fa better __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ולאתנות 860 האבדות 6 לך היום 3117 שׁלשׁת 7969 הימים 3117 אל 408 תשׂם 7760 את 853 לבך 3820 להם כי 3588 נמצאו 4672 ולמי 4310 כל 3605 חמדת 2532 ישׂראל 3478 הלוא 3808 לך ולכל 3605 בית 1004 אביך׃ 1
