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1 Samuel 9:18

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Then Saul approached Samuel in the gateway, and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

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1 Samuel 9:18 in other translations

Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is.

1 Samuel 9:18 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 9:18 in context

  1. 16“Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.”
  2. 17When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, “Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! He will have authority over my people.”
  3. 18Then Saul approached Samuel in the gateway, and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
  4. 19Samuel answered Saul, and said, “I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you are to eat with me today. In the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
  5. 20As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don’t set your mind on them; for they have been found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father’s house?”