1 Samuel 9:20

“And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, etc.] Which, according to Kimchi, is to be understood not of the time from whence they were lost, but to be reckoned from the time that Saul had been seeking of them; so the Targum, “as to the business of the asses, which are lost to thee, and thou art come to seek them today, these three days:” though it is probable enough that the same day they were lost Saul set out to seek them, Now Samuel telling him of the asses that were lost, and of the time of their being lost, or of his seeking them, so exactly, before ever he said a word to him about them, must at once convince him that he was a true prophet, and which must prepare him to give…”

“on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?--This was a covert and indirect premonition of the royal dignity that awaited him; and, though Saul's answer shows that he fully understood it, he affected to doubt that the prophet was in earnest.”

“On whom - Who is he that shall be that, which all Israel desire to have, namely, a king. Father's house - That honour is designed for thee, and, after thy death, for thy family or posterity, is by thy sin thou dost not cut off the entail. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 9:21”

“three days ago: Heb. to-day three days, Sa1 9:3 set not: Sa1 4:20 \*marg. Ch1 29:3; Psa 62:10; Col 3:2 on whom: Sa1 8:5, Sa1 8:19, Sa1 12:13, Sa1 12:15 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 9:21”