Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Samuel 10:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
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Quick Meaning
Ends the prophetic episode with Saul reaching the high place.
Read It With
- 1 Samuel 10:9–10:13
The line at 1 Samuel 10:13 ends the prophetic episode with Saul reaching the high place. Its place in 1 Samuel 10:9–10:13 matters because God gives Saul another heart, the Spirit comes upon him, he prophesies among a company, and surprised acquaintances create the proverb about Saul among prophets.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unit “Saul prophesies as the signs arrive” needs this line's precise work: it ends the prophetic episode with Saul reaching the high place. The verse remains one part of the scene rather than its complete claim.
What Remains True
Ends the prophetic episode with Saul reaching the high place. Within 1 Samuel 10:9–10:13, this contribution supports the unit's enduring claim: The durable responsibility is to protect people from detached uses of this scene while retaining its warranted claim: God gives Saul another heart, the Spirit comes upon him, he prophesies among a company, and surprised acquaintances create the proverb about Saul among prophets.
How It Can Shape Life
- Ends the prophetic episode with Saul reaching the high place. The proportionate response is therefore the one traced from the complete unit: Test spiritual and providential claims patiently through the available evidence, trusted accountability, and their effects on people; do not turn impressions, signs, or religious language into unquestionable authority. The episode does not equate unusual behavior with illness, make prophecy a leadership credential readers can manufacture, or prove Saul's permanent faithfulness.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Samuel 10:9–10:13 — Saul prophesies as the signs arriveSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV words, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete unit coverage.
Exact location: 1 Samuel 10:9–10:13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology, with the two KJV-Hebrew versification shifts stated rather than silently offset.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Sam.xml, OSIS 10:9–10:13; KJV 20:42 spans Hebrew 20:42–21:1, KJV 21:1–15 maps to Hebrew 21:2–16, KJV 23:29 maps to Hebrew 24:1, and KJV 24:1–22 maps to Hebrew 24:2–23
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: 1 Samuel
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only the translator notes actually printed for these verses, used for lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and older-English controls.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Notes, 1 Samuel PDF, printed pp. 504–543, exact tc/tn/sn entries attached to 10:9–10:13
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