Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 10:19

19 And ye have this day rejected your God , who himself saved you out of all your adversities, and your tribulations: and ye have said unto him , Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present your selves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands .

You this day declare, That you persist in your former act of rejecting Gods Government, See on chap. 8. 7.

Who by his own special Providence took care to raise up Judges and Saviours for you, and to deliver you at all times, when you needed his help, and did not by your Sins obstruct it.

i. e. Unto me his Prophet and Ambassador; and consequently unto the Lord whom I represented, and in whose Name I spake and acted.

For each Tribe was divided into thousands, Numb. 10. 36. Deut. 33. 17. Iosh. 22. 14, 21. Mic. 5. 2. as in England, Counties are into Hundreds.