New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Samuel 9:18-24
18Then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.” 19And Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Go up ahead of me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today; and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you everything that is on your mind. 201And as for your donkeys that wandered off three days ago, do not be concerned about them, for they have been found. And 2for whom is everything that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father’s household?” 21Saul replied, “3Am I not a Benjaminite, of 4the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the 5tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”
22Then Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the hall, and gave them a place at the head of those who were invited, who were about thirty men. 23And Samuel said to the cook, “6Serve the portion that I gave you about which I said to you, ‘Set it 7aside.’” 24Then the cook 8took up the leg with what was on it and placed it before Saul. And Samuel said, “Here is what has been reserved! Place it before you and eat, because it has been kept for you until the appointed time, 9since I said I have invited the people.” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
Notes
- 1. 1 Samuel 9:20 1 Sam 9:3 ↩
- 2. 1 Samuel 9:20 1 Sam 8:5; 12:13 ↩
- 3. 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam 15:17 ↩
- 4. 1 Samuel 9:21 Judg 20:46-48 ↩
- 5. 1 Samuel 9:21 As in some ancient versions; MT tribes ↩
- 6. 1 Samuel 9:23 Lit Give ↩
- 7. 1 Samuel 9:23 Lit with you ↩
- 8. 1 Samuel 9:24 Ex 29:22, 27; Lev 7:32, 33; Num 18:18 ↩
- 9. 1 Samuel 9:24 Lit saying ↩
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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