Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 10:16

A church father on this verse
“30. The word of the kingdom is the honorable dignity of the pastor. For by its very display it speaks: because he is no mere uncle who is elevated by so great an order. Therefore the king does not reveal the word of the kingdom: because the pastor of the Church speaks with the great splendor of divinity, but does not…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 5

Source: Septuagint

Original

16And Saul said to his kinsman, He verily told me that the asses were found. But the matter of the kingdom he told him not.

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In context

14And his kinsman said to him and to his servant, Whither went ye? and they said, To seek the asses; and we saw that they were lost, and we went in to Samuel.

15And his kinsman said to Saul, Tell me, I pray thee, What did Samuel say to thee?

— 1 Samuel 10:16 —

17And Samuel summoned all the people before the Lord to Mizpah.

18And he said to the children of Israel, Thus has the Lord God of Israel spoken, saying, I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you out of the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and out of all the kingdoms that afflicted you.

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