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So Saul and his servant asked, “Is the seer here today?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As they went up the hill to the city, they met young women coming out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>And</i> 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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />As they went up the hill to the city, they met some young women going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they went up the slope to the city, they found young women going out to draw water, and they said to them, “Is the seer here?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />As they went up the slope to the city, they found young women going out to draw water and said to them, &#8220Is the seer here?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />As they went up the slope to the city, they found young women going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br /><i>As</i> they were going up the slope to the city, they found young women going out to draw water and said to them, “Is the seer here?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As they went up the hill to the city, they met some young women going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer (prophet) here?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they were climbing the hill to the city, they found some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here? ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they were climbing the hill to the city, they found some young women coming out to draw water and asked, &#8220Is the seer here?&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />As they were going up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to get water, and the two men said to them, "We're looking for the man who can see visions. Is he in town?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As they were going up the hill to the city, they met girls coming out to get water. They asked the girls, "Is the seer here?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As they were going up the hill to the town, they met some young women going out to draw water, and they told them, "Is the seer here?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, ?Is the seer here??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As they were going up the ascent to the town, they met some girls coming out to draw water. They said to them, "Is this where the seer is?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, "Is the seer here?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, “Is the seer in this [place]?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, 'Is the seer in this place?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They going up in the ascent of the city and they found girls going forth to draw water, and they will say to them, Is he seeing, here?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water, and they said to them: Is the seer here? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And as they were ascending the slope to the city, they found some young women going out to draw water. And they said to them, “Is the seer here?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As they were going up the path to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and they asked them, “Is the seer in town?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As they went up the hill to the town, they met some girls coming out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and Saul said to them, Is there a seer here?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They went up at the ascent of the city, and they found girls who come out to draw water, and Shaul said to them: “Is the Seer here?”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them: 'Is the seer here?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />As they went up the ascent to the city, they find damsels come out to draw water, and they say to them, Is the seer here?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/9-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=2134" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/9.htm">Saul Chosen as King</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>“Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">And as they</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ō·lîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">were climbing</a> <a href="/hebrew/4608.htm" title="4608: bə·ma·‘ă·lêh (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- An ascent. From alah; an elevation, i.e. acclivity or platform; abstractly a rise or priority.">the hill</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">to the city,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: wə·hêm·māh (Conj-w:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">they</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: mā·ṣə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To attain to, find. ">met</a> <a href="/hebrew/5291.htm" title="5291: nə·‘ā·rō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A girl, maiden. Feminine of na'ar; a girl.">some young women</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yō·ṣə·’ō·wṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">coming out</a> <a href="/hebrew/7579.htm" title="7579: liš·’ōḇ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To draw (water). A primitive root; to bale up water.">to draw</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: mā·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">water</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and asked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hen (Prep:: 3fp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426: hă·yêš (Adv) -- Being, substance, existence, is. ">“Is</a> <a href="/hebrew/7203.htm" title="7203: hā·rō·’eh (Art:: N-ms) -- A seer, a vision. Active participle of ra'ah; a seer; but also a vision.">the seer here?”</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: bā·zeh (Prep-b:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that."></a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-11.htm">Genesis 24:11-14</a></span><br />As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water. / “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. / Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-7.htm">John 4:7-10</a></span><br />When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” / (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) / “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/29-2.htm">Genesis 29:2-3</a></span><br />He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well. / When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-16.htm">Exodus 2:16-17</a></span><br />Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock. / And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-28.htm">John 4:28-30</a></span><br />Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people, / “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” / So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-43.htm">Genesis 24:43-46</a></span><br />Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’ / and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son. / And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/2-4.htm">Ruth 2:4-5</a></span><br />Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied. / And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13-14</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-15.htm">Genesis 24:15-20</a></span><br />Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor. / Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again. / So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-19.htm">John 4:19-26</a></span><br />“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet. / Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9-10</a></span><br />While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. / As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-39.htm">John 4:39-42</a></span><br />Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” / So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days. / And many more believed because of His message. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-15.htm">Exodus 2:15-21</a></span><br />When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well. / Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock. / And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-38</a></span><br />On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-27.htm">Genesis 24:27</a></span><br />saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-11.htm">Genesis 24:11,18-20</a></b></br> And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, <i>even</i> the time that women go out to draw <i>water</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-16.htm">Exodus 2:16</a></b></br> Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew <i>water</i>, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Judges 5:11</a></b></br> <i>They that are delivered</i> from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, <i>even</i> the righteous acts <i>toward the inhabitants</i> of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/8-13.htm">Ascent</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-10.htm">City</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-4.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/ruth/3-2.htm">Maidens</a> <a href="/ruth/2-22.htm">Met</a> <a href="/genesis/50-25.htm">Place'</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-9.htm">Seer</a> <a href="/judges/1-36.htm">Slope</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">Water</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-8.htm">Way</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-20.htm">Women</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-10.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">Ascent</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-12.htm">City</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-36.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-5.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-42.htm">Maidens</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-10.htm">Met</a> <a href="/genesis/50-25.htm">Place'</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-18.htm">Seer</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-34.htm">Slope</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-13.htm">Water</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-14.htm">Way</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">Women</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-22.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-1.htm">Saul despairing to find his father's donkeys</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-6.htm">by the counsel of his servant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-11.htm">and direction of young maidens</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-15.htm">according to God's revelation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-18.htm">comes to Samuel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-19.htm">Samuel entertains Saul at the feast</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-25.htm">Samuel, after secret communication, brings Saul on his way</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And as they were climbing the hill to the city</b><br>This phrase sets the scene for Saul and his servant's journey to find the seer, Samuel. The ascent to the city suggests a location of significance, often associated with places of worship or governance in ancient Israel. Cities were typically built on elevated ground for defense purposes. The act of climbing indicates effort and anticipation, reflecting the spiritual journey Saul is unknowingly undertaking towards his anointing as king.<p><b>they met some young women coming out to draw water</b><br>Drawing water was a daily task typically performed by women in ancient Near Eastern cultures. Wells were social gathering places, and meeting women at a well is a recurring biblical motif, seen in the stories of Rebekah (Genesis 24) and Rachel (Genesis 29). This encounter is providential, as it provides Saul with the necessary information to find Samuel. The presence of young women highlights the normalcy of the scene, yet it is a divinely orchestrated moment leading to significant events.<p><b>and asked, “Is the seer here?”</b><br>The term "seer" refers to a prophet, one who receives visions from God. At this time, the term was commonly used before "prophet" became more prevalent. Saul's inquiry shows his respect and recognition of the seer's role as a spiritual guide. This question marks the beginning of Saul's direct interaction with divine guidance, as Samuel, the seer, is about to reveal God's plan for him. The use of "seer" connects to the broader biblical theme of God providing guidance and revelation through chosen individuals.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a></b><br>The son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who is on a journey to find his father's lost donkeys. This journey leads to his anointing as the first king of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/servant.htm">Servant</a></b><br>Accompanies Saul on his journey and suggests seeking the guidance of a seer, demonstrating faith and practicality.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/y/young_women.htm">Young Women</a></b><br>They are drawing water, a common task in ancient times, and provide directions to Saul and his servant, showing the role of women in daily life and divine encounters.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/seer.htm">Seer (Samuel)</a></b><br>The prophet and judge of Israel, who is later revealed to be the one Saul is seeking. The term "seer" (Hebrew: "ro'eh") indicates one who sees visions or has insight from God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/city.htm">City</a></b><br>The unnamed city where Samuel resides, representing a place of divine appointment and revelation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_appointments.htm">Divine Appointments</a></b><br>God orchestrates events and encounters in our lives for His purposes. We should be attentive to seemingly ordinary moments that may have divine significance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_godly_counsel.htm">Seeking Godly Counsel</a></b><br>Like Saul and his servant seeking the seer, we should seek guidance from those who are spiritually mature and have insight from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_women.htm">Role of Women</a></b><br>The young women play a crucial role in directing Saul. This highlights the importance of women in God's plans and the value of their contributions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>The servant's suggestion to seek the seer demonstrates faith in action. We should be proactive in seeking God's will and direction in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_leadership.htm">Preparation for Leadership</a></b><br>Saul's journey is part of his preparation for leadership. God often uses ordinary circumstances to prepare us for future roles and responsibilities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'seer'_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What does "seer" mean in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_golden_tumors_rats_valid_offerings.htm">In 1 Samuel 6:4, why are golden tumors and rats treated as valid offerings for atonement?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_historical_proof_tyre_was_punished.htm">(Amos 1:9-10) Where is the external proof that Tyre was punished for breaking its covenant of brotherhood, or is this a theological claim without historical backing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_lost_donkeys_in_1_sam_9_3-4_hard_to_find.htm">Why do 1 Samuel 9:3-4's details about searching for lost donkeys seem contradictory with other instances in the Old Testament where animals are quickly found or retrieved?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 11, 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As they went up.</span> Ramah was situated on a double hill, whence its name Ramathaim (<a href="/1_samuel/1-1.htm">1 Samuel 1:1</a>). As, then, <span class="accented">they go up the ascent</span> - so the Hebrew, literally - they meet maidens on the way to the well, and ask them, <span class="cmt_word">Is the seer</span> - the <span class="accented">roeh</span> - <span class="cmt_word">here?</span> They answer, Yes; <span class="cmt_word">behold, he is before you</span>. <span class="accented">I.e.</span> they are to go straightforward, and farther on in the town they will find him. <span class="cmt_word">He came today to the city.</span> As Saul's servant knew that this city was Samuel's abode, the words must mean that he had just returned from visiting one of those places, probably, to which he was in the habit of going as judge. From <a href="/1_samuel/16-2.htm">1 Samuel 16:2</a> we learn that Samuel went occasionally even to distant places to perform priestly duties. <span class="cmt_word">In the high place.</span> Hebrew, Bamah. Samuel, we read, had built an altar at Ramah (<a href="/1_samuel/7-17.htm">1 Samuel 7:17</a>), and probably the present sacrifice was to be offered upon it. Such altars, and the worship of the true God upon high places, were at this time recognised as right, and were, in fact, in accordance with, and were even the remains of, the old patriarchal religion. But gradually they were condemned, partly because of the glowing sanctity of the temple, but chiefly because of the tendency of religious rites celebrated in such places to degenerate into nature-worship, and orgies such as the heathen were in the habit of holding on the tops of mountains and hills. We thus find in the Bible an illustration of the principle that rites and ceremonies (as not being of the essentials of religion) may be changed, or even abolished, if they are abused, or lead on to evil consequences. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/9-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And as they</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֗מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(hêm·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were climbing</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹלִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the hill</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמַעֲלֵ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ma·‘ă·lêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4608.htm">Strong's 4608: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation, acclivity, platform, a rise, priority</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the city,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעִ֔יר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵ֙מָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hêm·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">met</span><br /><span class="heb">מָצְא֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ṣə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">some young women</span><br /><span class="heb">נְעָר֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(nə·‘ā·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5291.htm">Strong's 5291: </a> </span><span class="str2">A girl, maiden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">coming out</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹצְא֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ṣə·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to draw</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁאֹ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(liš·’ōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7579.htm">Strong's 7579: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bale up water</span><br /><br /><span class="word">water</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and asked,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Is</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲיֵ֥שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(hă·yêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3426.htm">Strong's 3426: </a> </span><span class="str2">Being, substance, existence, is</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the seer here?”</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרֹאֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rō·’eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7203.htm">Strong's 7203: </a> </span><span class="str2">A seer, a vision</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/9-11.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 9:11 As they went up the ascent (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/9-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 9:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 9:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/9-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 9:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 9:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>