10:7 “When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you. 1 10:8 You will go down to Gilgal before me. I am going to join you there to offer burnt offerings and to make peace offerings. You should wait for seven days, until I arrive and tell you what to do.”
10:9 As Saul 2 turned 3 to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. 4 All these signs happened on that very day. 10:10 When Saul and his servant 5 arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul 6 and he prophesied among them.
1 sn In light of Saul’s commission to be Israel’s deliverer (see v. 1), it is likely that some type of military action against the Philistines (see v.5) is implied.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”
4 tn Heb “God turned for him another heart”; NAB, NRSV “gave him another heart”; NIV, NCV “changed Saul’s heart”; TEV “gave Saul a new nature”; CEV “made Saul feel like a different person.”
5 tc Two medieval Hebrew
tn Heb “they”; the referents (Saul and his servant) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.