Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Samuel 10:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
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Quick Meaning
Records the uncle pressing for Samuel's message.
An uncle asks where they went, then what Samuel said
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Samuel 10:14–10:16. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Samuel 10:14–10:16
Read 1 Samuel 10:15 as one step in 1 Samuel 10:14–10:16: it records the uncle pressing for Samuel's message. The complete scene shows that Saul tells his uncle that Samuel confirmed the donkeys were found but withholds the message about kingship.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This detail follows the unit's opening pressure and prepares its outcome: 1 Samuel 10:15 records the uncle pressing for Samuel's message. Its value is contextual, not slogan-like.
What Remains True
Records the uncle pressing for Samuel's message. Within 1 Samuel 10:14–10:16, this contribution supports the unit's enduring claim: This unit calls for truthfulness about what happened, humility about what remains uncertain, and refusal of the misuse it names: Saul's silence does not establish secrecy as a general virtue, prove deceptive ambition, or settle his motives beyond what the text states.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Samuel 10:14–10:16 — Saul conceals the kingdom matter from his uncleSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
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 10:14–10:16, 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 10:14–10:16; 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 10:14–10:16
Open source ↗