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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_samuel/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />After they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel talked with Saul on the roof of his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When they came down from the place of worship and returned to town, Samuel took Saul up to the roof of the house and prepared a bed for him there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when they were come down from the high place into the city, <i>Samuel</i> communed with Saul upon the top of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When they had come down from the high place into the city, <i>Samuel</i> spoke with Saul on the top of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they came down from the high place <i>into</i> the city, <i>Samuel</i> spoke with Saul on the roof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When they came down from the high place into the city, <i>Samuel</i> spoke with Saul on the roof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then they came down from the high place into the city, and <i>Samuel</i> spoke with Saul on the roof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof [of his house].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Afterward, they went down from the high place to the city, and Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Afterward, they went down from the high place to the city, and Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />they went down from the place of worship and back into town. A bed was set up for Saul on the flat roof of Samuel's house, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then they left the worship site for the city. They spread blankets on the roof for Saul, and he slept there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When they went down from the place of worship to the town, they fixed up a bed for Saul on the roof, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When they had come down from the high place into town, Samuel spoke to Saul on the roof. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When they had come down from the high place into the city, they prepared a bed for Saul on the roof, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaks with Saul on the roof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will go down from Bamah to the city, and he will speak to Saul upon the roof.<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 they went down from the high place into the town, and he spoke with Saul upon the top of the house: and he prepared a bed for Saul on the top of the house, and he slept. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they descended from the high place into the town, and he spoke with Saul in the upper room. And he set out a bed for Saul in the upper room, and he slept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When they came down from the high place into the city, a mattress was spread for Saul on the roof,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When they came down from the shrine into the town, a bed was spread for Saul on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.<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 when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel conversed with Saul upon the roof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he came down from the high place to the city and he spoke with Shaul on the roof<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he spoke with Saul upon the housetop.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he went down from Bama into the city; and they prepared a lodging for Saul on the roof, and he lay down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/9-25.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=2300" 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">24</span>So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’ ” So Saul dined with Samuel that day. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: way·yê·rə·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come or go down, descend. ">And after they had come down</a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: mê·hab·bā·māh (Prep-m, Art:: N-fs) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">from the high place</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.">into the city,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: way·ḏab·bêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">Samuel spoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/7586.htm" title="7586: šā·’ūl (N-proper-ms) -- Passive participle of sha'al; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites.">Saul</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1406.htm" title="1406: hag·gāḡ (Art:: N-ms) -- A roof, a top. Probably by reduplication from ga'ah; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar.">the roof of his house.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went outside together.…<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="/1_samuel/3-1.htm">1 Samuel 3:1-10</a></span><br />And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce. / And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room. / Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-1.htm">1 Samuel 16:1-13</a></span><br />Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.” / “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ / Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-9.htm">1 Kings 19:9-13</a></span><br />There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” / “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.” / Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">2 Kings 4:8-10</a></span><br />One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat. / Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God. / Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm">2 Kings 6:8-12</a></span><br />Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.” / Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.” / So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/1-4.htm">Jeremiah 1:4-10</a></span><br />The word of the LORD came to me, saying: / “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” / “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Amos 3:7</a></span><br />Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-10.htm">Matthew 13:10-17</a></span><br />Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?” / He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. / Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-1.htm">Matthew 17:1-9</a></span><br />After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. / There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. / Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-33.htm">Mark 4:33-34</a></span><br />With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand. / He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/24-13.htm">Luke 24:13-32</a></span><br />That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. / They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. / And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-1.htm">John 3:1-21</a></span><br />Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. / He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.” / Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-66.htm">John 6:66-69</a></span><br />From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him. / So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?” / Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-15.htm">John 15:15</a></span><br />No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-26.htm">Acts 8:26-40</a></span><br />Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” / So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship, / and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul on the top of the house.</p><p class="hdg">And when</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/9-13.htm">1 Samuel 9:13</a></b></br> As 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; <i>and</i> afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.</p><p class="hdg">the top</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/22-8.htm">Deuteronomy 22:8</a></b></br> When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2</a></b></br> And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman <i>was</i> very beautiful to look upon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/8-16.htm">Nehemiah 8:16</a></b></br> So the people went forth, and brought <i>them</i>, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/8-16.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-14.htm">City</a> <a href="/judges/9-1.htm">Communed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-19.htm">High</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-20.htm">House</a> <a href="/acts/10-9.htm">Housetop</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-23.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-7.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-5.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/judges/16-27.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-24.htm">Samuel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-24.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-3.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-21.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-2.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/judges/14-7.htm">Talked</a> <a href="/judges/16-3.htm">Top</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/17-40.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-27.htm">City</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-39.htm">Communed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-5.htm">High</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">Housetop</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-2.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-2.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">Samuel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-12.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-25.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-23.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-19.htm">Talked</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">Top</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'; 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These locations were used for both legitimate worship of Yahweh and, at times, for idolatrous practices. In this context, the high place likely served as a legitimate site for worship and sacrifice, as Samuel, a prophet of God, was present. The descent from the high place into the city signifies a transition from a sacred space to a more communal setting, indicating the movement from worship to personal interaction. This movement also reflects the biblical theme of God’s presence moving from the sacred to the everyday life of His people.<p><b>Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house</b><br>In ancient Near Eastern culture, the roof of a house was often used as a place for private conversation, relaxation, and even sleeping, especially during warm weather. The flat roofs provided a secluded area away from the bustling activity of the city streets. Samuel's choice to speak with Saul on the roof suggests a desire for privacy and intimacy in their conversation. This setting underscores the importance of the message Samuel was about to convey to Saul, as it was a pivotal moment in Saul's life, marking the beginning of his journey to kingship. The rooftop conversation can be seen as a precursor to the private and personal nature of God's calling and anointing, similar to how Jesus often withdrew to solitary places to pray and communicate with His Father.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel</a></b><br>A prophet and judge of Israel, Samuel is a pivotal figure in the transition from the period of judges to the establishment of the monarchy. He is known for his obedience to God and his role in anointing the first two kings of Israel, Saul and David.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a></b><br>The first king of Israel, Saul is introduced in this chapter as a young man from the tribe of Benjamin. His encounter with Samuel marks the beginning of his journey to kingship.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/high_place.htm">High Place</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, high places were often sites of worship and sacrifice. They were typically elevated locations where people would go to seek divine guidance or offer sacrifices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/city.htm">City</a></b><br>The specific city is not named in this verse, but it is the location where Samuel and Saul continue their conversation. It represents a place of transition and revelation for Saul.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/roof.htm">Roof</a></b><br>In ancient Near Eastern culture, roofs were often used as additional living space. Conversations held on the roof could indicate privacy and importance, suggesting that Samuel's words to Saul were of significant consequence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_appointments.htm">Divine Appointments</a></b><br>God orchestrates meetings and events in our lives for His purposes. Just as Saul's encounter with Samuel was divinely appointed, we should be attentive to the people and situations God places in our path.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_godly_counsel.htm">Seeking Godly Counsel</a></b><br>Samuel's role as a prophet underscores the importance of seeking guidance from those who are spiritually mature and attuned to God's voice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_place.htm">The Significance of Place</a></b><br>The high place and the roof symbolize settings where God can speak to us. We should create spaces in our lives where we can hear from God, whether physically or spiritually.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_leadership.htm">Preparation for Leadership</a></b><br>Saul's conversation with Samuel was a preparatory step for his future role as king. God often prepares us for future responsibilities through seemingly ordinary interactions.<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/is_bathsheba's_bath_historical_or_narrative.htm">In 2 Samuel 11:2–5, is Bathsheba’s rooftop bathing a plausible historical scenario or a narrative device? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_rooftop_grass_metaphor_supported_by_evidence.htm">Psalm 129:5–6 compares the wicked to grass on rooftops that quickly withers—does archaeological or botanical evidence support this metaphor, or is it purely symbolic?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_1_sam_9_22-24_be_archaeologically_verified.htm">Can the events in 1 Samuel 9:22-24, where Saul is given an honored portion of meat, be verified by any archaeological or external ancient Near Eastern sources supporting such practices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_1_sam_9_15-17_conflict_with_other_texts.htm">Does 1 Samuel 9:15-17, describing God's direct revelation to Samuel about Saul, conflict with other biblical texts suggesting a more gradual or indirect selection of leaders?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">And when they were come down.</span>--After the public sacrificial meal at which such signal honours had been shown to the Benjamite stranger and his servant, the prophet-judge detained Saul from continuing his journey homewards, and persuaded him to remain as his guest that night at Ramah. He conducted him to the flat roof of his house, often the favourite locality in the East for quiet conversation or rest, and where frequently the honoured guest was lodged for the night: there the prophet had a long interview with his young guest, The conversation that evening probably did not turn upon the royal dignity, so soon to be conferred on Saul; of that Samuel spoke at length, we know, on the following morning. The solemn words of the old man that evening on the house-top in "Ramah of the Watchers" referred, no doubt, to the sad religious and political decline of the people of God, from which he (Samuel) had laboured, not unsuccessfully, to rescue them, "to the opposition of the heathen nations, the causes of the impotency of Israel to oppose their enemies, the necessity of a religious change in the people, and of a leader thoroughly obedient to the Lord."--Otto von Gerlach, quoted in <span class= "ital">Lange. </span>It has been suggested that this conversation was the connecting link between that on the height (<a href="/context/1_samuel/9-19.htm" title="And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me to the high place; for you shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.">1Samuel 9:19-20</a>) and the communication which Samuel made to Saul the following morning. The LXX. reads here, instead of "communed with Saul on the top of the house," "they strewed a couch for Saul on the top of the house, and he lay down." But the Chaldee and Syriac Versions agree with the Hebrew text. The strange LXX. variation is apparently a correction. These Greek translators could not understand a conversation of the prophet and Saul taking place in the evening, when the announcement of the crown was made so formally on the following morning. Why did Samuel not tell Saul of God's intention during that evening spent together?<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - When the feast was over they went down from the high place, and, having entered the city, proceeded to Samuel's dwelling, where he <span class="cmt_word">communed with Saul upon the top of the house.</span> The Septuagint has a very probable reading, namely, "And they spread a bed for Saul upon the roof, and he lay down;" but the Syriac and Chaldee agree with the Hebrew. Without communicating to Saul that he was to be king, which was not revealed to him till the next day (<a href="/1_samuel/10-1.htm">1 Samuel 10:1</a>), Samuel might be anxious to impress on Saul's mind the great principles of the theocratic government, and also the nature of the remedies necessary for Israel's recovery from its present misery. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/9-25.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 after they had come down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּרְד֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·rə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the high place</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵהַבָּמָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(mê·hab·bā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the city,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעִ֑יר</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">Samuel spoke</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Saul</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁא֖וּל</span> <span class="translit">(šā·’ūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7586.htm">Strong's 7586: </a> </span><span class="str2">Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the roof of his house.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגָּֽג׃</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gāḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1406.htm">Strong's 1406: </a> </span><span class="str2">A roof, the top of an altar</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/9-25.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 9:25 When they were come down (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/9-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 9:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 9:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 9:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 9:26" /></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>