1 Samuel 9
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1 Samuel 9:1-3

1Now there was a manH376 of BenjaminH1144 whose nameH8034 was 1KishH7027 the sonH1121 of AbielH22, the sonH1121 of ZerorH6872, the sonH1121 of BecorathH1064, the sonH1121 of AphiahH647, the sonH1121 of a BenjamiteH376H3228, a mightyH1368 manH1368 of 2valorH2428. 2He hadH1961 a sonH1121 whose nameH8034 was SaulH7586, a 3choiceH970 and handsomeH2896 man, and thereH369 was not a moreH4480H2896 handsomeH2896 personH376 thanH4480 he amongH4480 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478; 4from his shouldersH7926 and up he was tallerH1364 thanH4480 anyH3605 of the peopleH5971.

3Now the donkeysH860 of KishH7027, Saul’sH7586 fatherH1, were lostH6. So KishH7027 saidH559 to his sonH1121 SaulH7586, “TakeH3947 nowH4994 with you oneH259 of the servantsH5288, and ariseH6965, goH1980 searchH1245 for the donkeysH860.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 9:1 1 Sam 14:51; 1 Chr 8:33; 9:36-39 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 9:1 Or wealth or influence ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 9:2 1 Sam 10:24 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 9:2 1 Sam 10:23 ↩

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