"And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes to come near,.... The heads and representatives of them, to the place where the lots were cast: the tribe of Benjamin was
taken; the lot fell upon that tribe for the choice of a king out of it; not the tribe of, Reuben, who was the firstborn, nor the tribe of Judah, to whom the kingdom was promised, but the tribe of Benjamin, the least of all the tribes, and which sprung from the youngest son of Jacob, contrary, as it were probable, to the expectation of all.
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes to come near,.... The heads and representatives of them, to the place where the lots were cast: the tribe of Benjamin was
taken; the lot fell upon that tribe for the choice of a king out of it; not the tribe of, Reuben, who was the firstborn, nor the tribe of Judah, to whom the kingdom was promised, but the tribe of Benjamin, the least of all the tribes, and which sprung from the youngest son of Jacob, contrary, as it were probable, to the expectation of all.