As Saul turned and started to leave, God gave him a new heart, and all Samuel’s signs were fulfilled that day.
Parallel translations
- WEB It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs happened that day.
- KJV 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.
- BSB As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
- NKJV So it was, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, that God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.
- NASB Then it happened, when he turned his back to leave Samuel, that God changed his heart; and all those signs came about on that day.
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Quick answer
As Saul turns to leave, God gives him 'another heart' and all the signs come to pass that day. God confirms His word and inwardly prepares Saul.
Overview
The granting of a new heart shows that God does not merely appoint Saul outwardly but works in him for the task ahead. The fulfillment of every sign 'that day' underscores that the Lord keeps His word exactly. The gift of a changed heart here is real yet provisional; it anticipates the gospel promise that God alone can give His people a new heart that endures (Ezekiel 36:26).
Cross-references & the web
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- Judg 7:11You will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened to go down into the camp.” Then went he down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men who were in the camp.
- Isa 38:7–8This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken.
- Judg 6:21Then Yahweh’s angel stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then Yahweh’s angel departed out of his sight.
- Judg 6:36–40Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
- 1 Sam 10:2–6When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?”’
- Mark 14:16His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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