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1 Samuel 9:10 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 9 · verse 10
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.1 Samuel 9:10 · King James Version
1 Samuel 9:10 in context
8And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
9(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
10Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
11And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
12And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantnaʻara boy , from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288 →
- saiddâbâra wordH1697 →
- SaulShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7586 →
- Wellṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- comeyâlakto walkH3212 →
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Here is, I. A great man rising from small beginnings. It does not appear that Saul had any preferment at all, or was in any post of honour or trust, till he was chosen king of Israel.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-10