Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 9:13

13 Assoon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him , before he go up to the high place to eat : for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice , and afterwards they eat that be bidden: Now therefore get ye up , for about this time ye shall find him.

At Home and at leasure.

The Relicks of the Sacrifices, according to the manner.

i. e. Either, First, The Meat left of the Sacrifice, which is the matter of the following Feast; as this is commonly understood. Or rather, Secondly, The Sacrifice it self: for what reason is there to depart from the proper signification of the Word? For that the Sacrifices under the Law were accompanied with Confession, or Petition, or Thanksgiving, may be gathered from divers places of Scripture, as Levit. 5. 5. and 16. 21. Numb. 5. 7. Luk. 1. 10. And who so proper to perform this work, as Samuel, an eminent Prophet? And the Blessing of this Sacrifice seems to have consisted both of Thanksgiving, this being a Thank-Offering, and of Prayer to God for his acceptance, Psal. 20. 3.

With speed, lest he be sat down before you come.

Marginal references: Heb. to day.