1 Samuel 10:9

Modern

As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.

Traditional

And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

Literal

And it came to pass, at his turning his back to go from Samuel, that God gave to him another heart, and all these signs came on that day.

Latin

Itaque cum avertisset humerum suum ut abiret a Samuele, immutavit ei Deus cor aliud, et venerunt omnia signa hæc in die illa.

Hebrew

English

As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.

God changed Saul’s heart: God gave Saul courage and strength, helping him overcome his doubts and become king (1 Samuel 10:6).

Saul became powerful through three main events:

Theme notes and profiles

Judges 7:11
…and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
Isaiah 38:7–8
This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
1 Samuel 10:2–6
When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
Judges 6:36–40
Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
Judges 6:21
Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
Mark 14:16
So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.

Samuel: Prophet and last judge of Israel before the kings