1Sa_11:6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
Ver. 6. And the Spirit of God came upon Saul.] That is, The spirit of fortitude, saith the Chaldee Paraphrast; not that "spirit of love, of power, and of a sound mind." {2Ti_1:7}
And his anger was kindled greatly.] Anger is cos fortitudinis, saith Aristotle, the whetstone of courage {a} And Saul, though cold in his own cause when slighted and rejected, {1Sa_10:27} is all alight, on fire, exarsit nasus eius, when God is dishonoured, and his people so reproached.