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1 Samuel 9:14 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 9 · verse 14
And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.1 Samuel 9:14 · King James Version
1 Samuel 9:14 in context
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:
13As soon 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 you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
14And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
15Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
16To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- againstqirʼâhan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostileH7125 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- placebâmâhan elevationH1116 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- comebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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Here, I. Saul, by an ordinary enquiry, is directed to Samuel, Sa1 9:11-14. Gibeah of Saul was not twenty miles from Ramah where Samuel dwelt, and was near to Mizpeh where he often judged Israel, and yet, it seems, Saul had lived so very privately, and had taken so little notice of public affairs, that he had never…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-17