1 Samuel 10:5

the garrison . So the Septuagint, Aramaean, and Syriac, but Hebrew text has plural

a company of prophets . The first occurrence of this expression. Probably a school established by Samuel (compare Acts 3:24 ; Acts 13:20 ). The head of such school called "father" (Compare 1 Samuel 10:12 ; 1 Samuel 19:20 ), or "master" (2 Kings 2:3 ), Such communities found later at Beth-el, Jericho, Gilgal ( 2Ki 2:3 , 2 Kings 2:5 ; 2 Kings 4:38 ); and probably here at Gibeah and Ramah (compare Naioth, 1 Samuel 19:18 , 1 Samuel 19:20 ).

psaltery = viol. A stringed instrument, same as lute. Compare 2 Samuel 6:5 . 1 Kings 10:12 . 1 Chronicles 16:5 .Isaiah 5:12 ; Isaiah 5:14 . If. Amos 5:23 ; Amos 6:5 .

tabret = drum. Hebrew. toph, Compare 18. c. 2 Samuel 6:5 .Isaiah 5:12 ; Isaiah 24:8 ; Isaiah 30:32 .Jeremiah 31:4 .Ezekiel 28:13 . See note on "timbrel. "(Exodus 15:20 ).

pipe = a plain reed, single or double, played like modern flute. Note plural in the Subscription of Psalms 5:0 (Companion Bible).

prophesy. Not necessarily "foretell", but speak in the name of the Lord.