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1 Samuel 10:2 When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel's tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, 'The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, "What should I do about my son?"'

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They will say to you, &#8216The donkeys you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried about you. He is asking, &#8220What shall I do about my son?"&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When you leave me today, you will see two men beside Rachel&#8217;s tomb at Zelzah, on the border of Benjamin. They will tell you that the donkeys have been found and that your father has stopped worrying about them and is now worried about you. He is asking, &#8216;Have you seen my son?&#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel&#8217;s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, &#8220;What shall I do about my son?&#8221;&#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel&#8217;s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, &#8220;What should I do about my son?&#8221;&#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by Rachel&#8217;s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about you, saying, &#8220;What shall I do about my son?&#8221; &#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you leave me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel&#8217;s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. Now behold, your father has stopped talking about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, &#8220;What am I to do about my son?&#8221;&#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When you go from me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel&#8217s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, &#8216The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. Now behold, your father has ceased to be concerned about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, &#8220What shall I do about my son?"&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />&#8220;When you go from me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel&#8217;s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. Now behold, your father has ceased to be concerned about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, &#8220;What shall I do about my son?&#8217;&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When you go from me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel&#8217;s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys which you went to search for have been found. Now behold, your father has ceased to be concerned about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, &#8220;What shall I do about my son?&#8221;&#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When you leave me today, you will meet two men beside Rachel&#8217;s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; they will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys you went to look for have been found. And your father has stopped caring about them and is worried about you, saying, &#8220;What shall I do about my son?&#8221;&#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Today when you leave me, you&#8217;ll find two men at Rachel&#8217;s Grave at Zelzah in the territory of Benjamin. They will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys you went looking for have been found, and now your father has stopped being concerned about the donkeys and is worried about you, asking: What should I do about my son? &#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Today when you leave me, you&#8217ll find two men at Rachel&#8217s Grave at Zelzah in the land of Benjamin. They will say to you, &#8216The donkeys you went looking for have been found, and now your father has stopped being concerned about the donkeys and is worried about you, asking: What should I do about my son?&#8217 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When you leave me today, you'll meet two men near Rachel's tomb at Zelzah in the territory of Benjamin. They'll tell you, "The donkeys you've been looking for have been found. Your father has forgotten about them, and now he's worrying about you! He's wondering how he can find you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When thou art departed from me today, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and taketh thought for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/10.htm">GOD'S WORD&reg; Translation</a></span><br />When you leave me today, two men will be at Rachel's grave on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They'll tell you, 'We've found the donkeys you went looking for. Your father no longer cares about them. Instead, he's worried about you. He keeps asking, "What can I do [to find] my son?"'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel's tomb at Zelzah in the territory of Benjamin. They will tell you that the donkeys you were looking for have been found, so that your father isn't worried any more about them but about you, and he keeps asking, 'What shall I do about my son?' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When you leave me today, you will find two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah. They'll tell you, 'The donkeys you went to look for have been found. Now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and he's anxious about you. He's asking, 'What will I do about my son?' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel?s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ?The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, ?What should I do about my son???<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel's tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin's border. They will say to you, 'The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two! He is asking, "What should I do about my son?"' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, 'The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and look, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When thou hast departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel&#8217;s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, &#8216;The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, &#8220;What shall I do for my son?&#8221;&#8217; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />In your going from me today&#8212;then you have found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said to you, The donkeys have been found which you have gone to seek; and behold, your father has left the matter of the donkeys, and has sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> In thy going to-day from me -- then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In thy going this day from me and thou shalt find two men by the sepulchre of Rachel in the bound of Benjamin in Zelzah; and they said to thee, The asses were found which thou wentest to seek: and behold, thy father cast off the matters of the asses, and was afraid for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt find two men by the sepulchre of Rachel in the borders of Benjamin to the south, and they shall say to thee: The asses are found which thou wentest to seek: and thy father thinking no more of the asses is concerned for you, and saith: What shall I do for my son? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />When you will have departed from me this day, you will find two men beside the sepulcher of Rachel, in the parts of Benjamin to the south. And they will say to you: &#8216;The donkeys have been found, which you had been seeking as you traveled. And your father, forgetting about the donkeys, has been anxious for you, and he says, &#8220;What shall I do about my son?&#8221; &#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel&#8217;s tomb at Zelzah in the territory of Benjamin. They will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys you went to look for have been found. Now your father is no longer worried about the donkeys, but is anxious about you and says: What shall I do about my son?&#8217;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When you depart from me today you will meet two men by Rachel&#8217;s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; they will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has stopped worrying about them and is worrying about you, saying: What shall I do about my son?&#8217;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When you depart from me today, behold, you will find two men at Rachel's sepulchre in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went to seek are found; and, lo, your father has ceased worrying about the asses, and is concerned about you, saying, What shall I do for my son?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And when you have gone today from my presence, behold, two men will find you by the grave of Rakhyl at the border of Benyamin in Tsaltsakh, and they will say to you: &#8216;The donkeys that you went to seek were found, and behold, your father has abandoned thinking of the donkeys and is distressed for you, and says, &#8220;What shall I do for my son?&#8221;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by the tomb of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee: The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious concerning you, saying: What shall I do for my son?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>As soon</i> as thou shalt have departed this day from me, thou shalt find two men by the burial-place of Rachel on the mount of Benjamin, exulting greatly; and they shall say to thee, The asses are found which ye went to seek; and, behold, thy father has given up the matter of the asses, and he is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/10-2.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=2351" 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/10.htm">Samuel Anoints Saul</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul&#8217;s head, kissed him, and said, &#8220;Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance? <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: b&#601;&#183;le&#7733;&#183;t&#601;&#183;&#7733;&#257; (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">When you leave</a> <a href="/hebrew/5978.htm" title="5978: m&#234;&#183;&#8216;im&#183;m&#257;&#183;&#7695;&#238; (Prep-m:: 1cs) -- Along with, against, by, from">me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay&#183;y&#333;&#183;wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">today,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: &#363;&#183;m&#257;&#183;&#7779;&#257;&#183;&#7791;&#257; (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To attain to, find. ">you will find</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: &#353;&#601;&#183;n&#234; (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">two</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: &#8217;a&#774;&#183;n&#257;&#183;&#353;&#238;m (N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: &#8216;im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/7354.htm" title="7354: r&#257;&#183;&#7717;&#234;l (N-proper-fs) -- A wife of Jacob. The same as rachel; Rachel, a wife of Jacob.">Rachel&#8217;s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6900.htm" title="6900: q&#601;&#183;&#7687;u&#183;ra&#7791; (N-fsc) -- A grave, burial. Or qburah; feminine passive participle of qabar; sepulture; a sepulchre.">tomb</a> <a href="/hebrew/6766.htm" title="6766: b&#601;&#183;&#7779;el&#183;&#7779;a&#7717; (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A place in Benjamin. From tsel and tsach; clear shade; Tseltsach, a place in Palestine.">in Zelzah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: bi&#7713;&#183;&#7687;&#363;l (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">on the border</a> <a href="/hebrew/1144.htm" title="1144: bin&#183;y&#257;&#183;min (N-proper-ms) -- From ben and yamiyn; son of right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">of Benjamin.</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: w&#601;&#183;&#8217;&#257;&#183;m&#601;&#183;r&#363; (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">They will say</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: &#8217;&#234;&#183;le&#183;&#7733;&#257; (Prep:: 2ms) -- To, into, towards. ">to you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/860.htm" title="860: h&#257;&#183;&#8217;a&#774;&#183;&#7791;&#333;&#183;n&#333;&#183;w&#7791; (Art:: N-fp) -- A female donkey. Probably from the same as 'eythan; a female donkey.">&#8216;The donkeys</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: &#8217;a&#774;&#183;&#353;er (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: h&#257;&#183;la&#7733;&#183;t&#257; (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">you seek</a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: l&#601;&#183;&#7687;aq&#183;q&#234;&#353; (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: nim&#183;&#7779;&#601;&#183;&#8217;&#363; (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To attain to, find. ">have been found,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: w&#601;&#183;hin&#183;n&#234;h (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and now</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: &#8217;&#257;&#183;&#7687;&#238;&#183;&#7733;&#257; (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">your father</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: &#8217;e&#7791;- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5203.htm" title="5203: n&#257;&#183;&#7789;a&#353; (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. Smite; by implication to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon.">has stopped</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: di&#7687;&#183;r&#234; (N-mpc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">worrying about</a> <a href="/hebrew/860.htm" title="860: h&#257;&#183;&#8217;a&#774;&#183;&#7791;&#333;&#183;n&#333;&#183;w&#7791; (Art:: N-fp) -- A female donkey. Probably from the same as 'eythan; a female donkey.">the donkeys</a> <a href="/hebrew/1672.htm" title="1672: w&#601;&#183;&#7695;&#257;&#183;&#8217;a&#7713; (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be anxious or concerned, to fear. A primitive root; be anxious.">and started worrying</a> <a href="/hebrew/l&#257;&#183;&#7733;em (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">about you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: l&#234;&#183;m&#333;r (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">asking,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: m&#257;h (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">&#8220;What</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: &#8217;e&#183;&#8216;&#277;&#183;&#347;eh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">should I do</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: li&#7687;&#183;n&#238; (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">about my son?&#8221;&#8217;</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.&#8230;<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> &middot; <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/35-19.htm">Genesis 35:19-20</a></span><br />So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). / Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel&#8217;s tomb to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: &#8220;A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-16.htm">Matthew 2:16-18</a></span><br />When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi. / Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: / &#8220;A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/48-7.htm">Genesis 48:7</a></span><br />Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath&#8221; (that is, Bethlehem).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11</a></span><br />&#8220;We are witnesses,&#8221; said the elders and all the people at the gate. &#8220;May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5</a></span><br />And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/9-3.htm">1 Samuel 9:3-4</a></span><br />One day the donkeys of Saul&#8217;s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, &#8220;Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.&#8221; / So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/9-20.htm">1 Samuel 9:20</a></span><br />As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father&#8217;s house?&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/13-11.htm">1 Kings 13:11-12</a></span><br />Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king. / &#8220;Which way did he go?&#8221; their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/2-1.htm">2 Kings 2:1-2</a></span><br />Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal, / and Elijah said to Elisha, &#8220;Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.&#8221; But Elisha replied, &#8220;As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.&#8221; So they went down to Bethel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-38.htm">2 Kings 4:38</a></span><br />When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, &#8220;Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/40-1.htm">Jeremiah 40:1</a></span><br />This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-1.htm">Matthew 2:1-2</a></span><br />After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, / asking, &#8220;Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.&#8221;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-4.htm">Luke 2:4-7</a></span><br />So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David. / He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child. / While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-5.htm">John 4:5-6</a></span><br />So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. / Since Jacob&#8217;s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When you are departed from me to day, then you shall find two men by Rachel's sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went to seek are found: and, see, your father has left the care of the asses, and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?</p><p class="hdg">Rachel's</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/35-19.htm">Genesis 35:19</a></b></br> And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which <i>is</i> Bethlehem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, <i>and</i> bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they <i>were</i> not.</p><p class="hdg">Zelzah</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/18-28.htm">Joshua 18:28</a></b></br> And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which <i>is</i> Jerusalem, Gibeath, <i>and</i> Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.</p><p class="hdg">The asses</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/10-16.htm">1 Samuel 10:16</a></b></br> And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/9-3.htm">1 Samuel 9:3-5</a></b></br> And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses&#8230; </p><p class="hdg">care [heb] business </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/9-5.htm">Anxious</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-20.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-21.htm">Benjamin</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-14.htm">Border</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-5.htm">Care</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-5.htm">Caring</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-6.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-20.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Rachel</a> <a href="/genesis/35-25.htm">Rachel's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-9.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/judges/8-32.htm">Sepulcher</a> <a href="/judges/8-32.htm">Sepulchre</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-19.htm">Today</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-19.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/judges/8-32.htm">Tomb</a> <a href="/judges/8-1.htm">Wentest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/94-19.htm">Anxious</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-14.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-20.htm">Benjamin</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-18.htm">Border</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-21.htm">Care</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-7.htm">Caring</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-6.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-14.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Rachel</a> <a href="/genesis/30-7.htm">Rachel's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-14.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-32.htm">Sepulcher</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-32.htm">Sepulchre</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-19.htm">Today</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-13.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-32.htm">Tomb</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-9.htm">Wentest</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-1.htm">Samuel anoints Saul</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-2.htm">He confirms him by prediction of three signs</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-9.htm">Saul's heart is changed, and he prophesies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-14.htm">He conceals the matter of the kingdom from his uncle</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-17.htm">Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/10-26.htm">The different affections of his subjects</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 /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <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/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book&nbsp;&#9702;</a>&nbsp;<a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter&nbsp;</a></tr></table></div><b>When you leave me today</b><br>This phrase indicates a specific moment in time, highlighting the immediacy of the prophecy. It underscores the divine orchestration of events, as Samuel, a prophet, speaks with authority about what will happen shortly. This reflects the biblical theme of God's sovereignty and foreknowledge, as seen in other instances where prophets predict future events (e.g., <a href="/1_kings/13-3.htm">1 Kings 13:3</a>).<p><b>you will find two men at Rachel&#8217;s tomb</b><br>Rachel's tomb is a significant landmark in biblical history, associated with the matriarch Rachel, who died giving birth to Benjamin (<a href="/genesis/35-19.htm">Genesis 35:19</a>). This location serves as a reminder of Israel's heritage and God's promises to the patriarchs. The mention of two men aligns with the biblical principle of establishing truth through multiple witnesses (<a href="/deuteronomy/19-15.htm">Deuteronomy 19:15</a>).<p><b>in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin</b><br>Zelzah is a location not widely mentioned in Scripture, indicating its obscurity. Its mention here emphasizes the precision of the prophecy. The border of Benjamin is significant as Saul, the recipient of this prophecy, is from the tribe of Benjamin. This geographical detail roots the narrative in the historical and tribal context of Israel.<p><b>They will say to you, &#8216;The donkeys you seek have been found</b><br>The recovery of the donkeys signifies the resolution of a mundane concern, allowing Saul to focus on his divine calling. This reflects a common biblical theme where God addresses practical needs to prepare individuals for greater purposes, as seen in the provision for Elijah in <a href="/1_kings/17.htm">1 Kings 17</a>.<p><b>and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you</b><br>This shift in concern from the donkeys to Saul highlights the personal nature of God's involvement in individual lives. It underscores the biblical theme of God's care for His people, as seen in Jesus' teaching about God's provision in <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Matthew 6:25-34</a>.<p><b>asking, &#8220;What should I do about my son?&#8221;&#8217;</b><br>This question reflects a father's concern and foreshadows Saul's future role as king, where he will be responsible for the welfare of the nation. It also hints at the relational dynamics within Saul's family, which play a role in his later decisions as king. This concern mirrors God's paternal care for His people, as seen in passages like <a href="/hosea/11.htm">Hosea 11:1-4</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel</a></b><br>The prophet who anointed Saul as the first king of Israel. He is delivering God's message to Saul.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a></b><br>The son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who is being anointed as the first king of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/r/rachel's_tomb.htm">Rachel&#8217;s Tomb</a></b><br>A significant landmark near Zelzah, associated with Rachel, the beloved wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/z/zelzah.htm">Zelzah</a></b><br>A location on the border of Benjamin, where Saul is to encounter the two men.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_two_men.htm">The Two Men</a></b><br>Unnamed individuals who will confirm to Saul that the donkeys have been found and convey his father's concern.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_guidance.htm">Divine Guidance</a></b><br>God provides specific instructions and signs to guide His chosen leaders. Just as Saul received clear directions, we can trust God to guide us in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_landmarks.htm">Significance of Landmarks</a></b><br>Rachel&#8217;s tomb serves as a historical and spiritual landmark, reminding us of God's faithfulness through generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God&#8217;s Provision</a></b><br>The resolution of the lost donkeys illustrates God's provision and care for our needs, even in seemingly mundane matters.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/parental_concern.htm">Parental Concern</a></b><br>Kish&#8217;s worry for Saul reflects the natural concern of parents for their children, reminding us to honor and communicate with our parents.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prophetic_fulfillment.htm">Prophetic Fulfillment</a></b><br>The fulfillment of Samuel's prophecy to Saul demonstrates the reliability of God's word and His control over events.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_saul's_signs_in_1_sam_10_2-7_align_biblically.htm">How do the signs given to Saul in 1 Samuel 10:2&#8211;7 align or conflict with other biblical accounts of miraculous signs? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_1_chr_19_and_2_sam_10_differ.htm">Why do 1 Chronicles 19 and 2 Samuel 10 present slight variations in numbers and details of the battles, and which version is more historically accurate?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_rachel's_death_site_verified_externally.htm">(Genesis 35:16&#8211;19) Can Rachel&#8217;s fatal childbirth and burial location be corroborated by any external evidence or timeline? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chr_10_4_and_2_sam_1_10.htm">How can 1 Chronicles 10's account that Saul died by falling on his own sword (1 Chronicles 10:4) be reconciled with 2 Samuel 1:10, where an Amalekite claims to have killed him?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">When thou art departed from me to day, then . . .</span>--Here follows Samuel's careful description of the three signs which should meet the future king as he went from Ramah to his father's home in Benjamin. Each of these tokens, which were to strengthen the young Saul's faith, contained a solemn lesson, the deep meaning of which, as his life went on, the future sovereign would be able to ponder over. Each of the three signs from heaven met him at one of the sacred spots which were so plentifully dotted over these southern districts of Canaan, memorable for the life-stories, first of Abraham and the patriarchs, and then of the warrior-chieftains of the Israel of the conquest. The selection of localities famous as homes of prayer, or sacred as the resting-place of the illustrious dead, taught the eternal truth "that help comes from the holy place." At the sepulchre of Rachel, the loved ancestress of the warlike tribe of Benjamin, to which the new king belonged, men should meet him on his homeward journey with the news that the lost asses which he had gone to seek were found again. This showed him that henceforth in his new life he was to dismiss all lower cares, and give himself up alone <span class= "ital">to </span>higher and more important matters. A king must take counsel and thought for the weal of a whole people; he must put aside now and for ever all consideration for himself and his family, all anxiety for the mere ordinary prosperity of life. God, who had chosen him, would provide for these things, as He had now done in the case of the lost asses. Further on in his journey, when he reached the terebinth-tree of Tabor, three men on a pilgrimage to the great Beth-el sanctuary would meet him, and would offer him some of the loaves which they proposed offering at Beth-el. The signification of this peculiar gift was that some portion of the products of the soil, which had hitherto been appropriated exclusively to the service and support of the sanctuary, in future should be devoted to the maintenance of the anointed of the Lord. The third sign which he should perceive would meet him as he approached his home, which was situated near a famous holy place of prayer, known as the "Gibeah," or "Hill of God." A number of prophets belonging to one of the "schools" of the prophets founded by Samuel, coming from the altar on the "hill of God," where sacrifice had just been offered, would meet him. They would be plunged in prophetic raptures, he would hear them chanting hymns to the Eternal, accompanied by the music of their instruments. A new and mighty influence, Samuel told the astonished Saul, would, as he met this company of singers, come upon him, and involuntarily he who evidently had never joined before in any of these solemn choruses would sing his part with the rest. The new influence, said the old seer, which would then come upon him would be the Spirit of the Lord, and from that moment he would be a changed man. Never in his after days of glory and might was the king to forget how, in a moment, the Divine power had swept down and given him--the ignorant shepherd, the humble vine-dresser, the heir to a few asses and sheep, to some fields of corn or vineyards--wisdom, power, and a mighty kingdom. He must remember that in a moment the same Divine power might wing away from him its solemn flight; that was the lesson of the third sign which was to meet him on his homeward journey.<p>The LXX. and Vulg. have a somewhat long addition to <a href="/1_samuel/10-1.htm" title="Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed you to be captain over his inheritance?">1Samuel 10:1</a>. It is, however, manifestly an explanatory gloss, and is made up from <a href="/context/1_samuel/10-16.htm" title="And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spoke, he told him not.">1Samuel 10:16-17</a> of 1 Samuel 9.<p>(2) <span class= "bld">Thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre.</span>--This tomb of the loved wife of the patriarch does not thus appear to have been very far from Ramah, whence Saul started. The words of <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm" title="Thus said the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.">Jeremiah 31:15</a>, which speak of the future massacre of the Bethlehem innocents by Herod, connects Ramah and Rachel's tomb: "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation <span class= "ital">and </span>bitter weeping: Rachel weeping for her children."<p><span class= "bld">At Zelzah.</span>--This locality has never been identified. Some have supposed it was the same as Zela in Benjamin. the place where the bodies of Saul and Jonathan were eventually buried. The LXX. curiously render it as though it were a verb, "dancing (lit. springing) vehemently," or, as Ewald would translate the Greek words, "in great haste," of course, with reference to the two men who brought Saul the news of the recovered asses.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - The first sign - <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre.</span> In <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15</a> (quoted in <a href="/matthew/2-18.htm">Matthew 2:18</a>) Rachel's sepulchre is connected with Ramah, but in <a href="/genesis/35-19.htm">Genesis 35:19</a> it is placed near Bethlehem. The whole of the geography of Saul's wanderings is very obscure, but Wilson ('Lands of the Bible,' 1:401) places <span class="cmt_word">Zelzah</span> at Beit-jala, to the west of Bethlehem, in the neighbourhood of the Kabhet Rahil, or Tomb of Rachel, Though both are now in the tribe of Judah, yet by a slight rectification of the frontier, in conformity with <a href="/joshua/18-11.htm">Joshua 18:11-28</a>, Zelzah would be on the border of Benjamin, and there may have been local reasons for Saul and his companion not taking the most direct route for Gibeah. The news given by these men, that the asses were found, would set Saul's mind at rest, and, freed from lower cares, he would be able to give his thoughts entirely to preparation for the higher duties that were before him. For an interesting note upon the journey of Saul home see Wilson, 2:36. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/10-2.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">When you leave</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1489;&#1468;&#1456;&#1500;&#1462;&#1499;&#1456;&#1514;&#1468;&#1456;&#1498;&#1464;&#1444;</span> <span class="translit">(b&#601;&#183;le&#7733;&#183;t&#601;&#183;&#7733;&#257;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b &#124; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct &#124; second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1502;&#1461;&#1506;&#1460;&#1502;&#1468;&#1464;&#1491;&#1460;&#1428;&#1497;</span> <span class="translit">(m&#234;&#183;&#8216;im&#183;m&#257;&#183;&#7695;&#238;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m &#124; first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5978.htm">Strong's 5978: </a> </span><span class="str2">Against, by, from, me, mine, of, that I take, unto, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">today,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1492;&#1463;&#1497;&#1468;&#1493;&#1465;&#1501;&#1433;</span> <span class="translit">(hay&#183;y&#333;&#183;wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article &#124; Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will find</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1468;&#1502;&#1464;&#1510;&#1464;&#1488;&#1514;&#1464;&#1449;</span> <span class="translit">(&#363;&#183;m&#257;&#183;&#7779;&#257;&#183;&#7791;&#257;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw &#124; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<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">two</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1513;&#1473;&#1456;&#1504;&#1461;&#1448;&#1497;</span> <span class="translit">(&#353;&#601;&#183;n&#234;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">men</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1488;&#1458;&#1504;&#1464;&#1513;&#1473;&#1460;&#1436;&#1497;&#1501;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;a&#774;&#183;n&#257;&#183;&#353;&#238;m)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1506;&#1460;&#1501;&#1470;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8216;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">Rachel&#8217;s</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1512;&#1464;&#1495;&#1461;&#1435;&#1500;</span> <span class="translit">(r&#257;&#183;&#7717;&#234;l)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7354.htm">Strong's 7354: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rachel -- a wife of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tomb</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1511;&#1456;&#1489;&#1467;&#1512;&#1463;&#1445;&#1514;</span> <span class="translit">(q&#601;&#183;&#7687;u&#183;ra&#7791;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6900.htm">Strong's 6900: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sepulture, a sepulchre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Zelzah</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1489;&#1468;&#1456;&#1510;&#1462;&#1500;&#1456;&#1510;&#1463;&#1425;&#1495;</span> <span class="translit">(b&#601;&#183;&#7779;el&#183;&#7779;a&#7717;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b &#124; Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6766.htm">Strong's 6766: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zelzah -- a place in Benjamin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the border</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1489;&#1468;&#1460;&#1490;&#1456;&#1489;&#1445;&#1493;&#1468;&#1500;</span> <span class="translit">(bi&#7713;&#183;&#7687;&#363;l)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b &#124; Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Benjamin.</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1489;&#1468;&#1460;&#1504;&#1456;&#1497;&#1464;&#1502;&#1460;&#1430;&#1503;</span> <span class="translit">(bin&#183;y&#257;&#183;min)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1144.htm">Strong's 1144: </a> </span><span class="str2">Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They will say</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1456;&#1488;&#1464;&#1502;&#1456;&#1512;&#1443;&#1493;&#1468;</span> <span class="translit">(w&#601;&#183;&#8217;&#257;&#183;m&#601;&#183;r&#363;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw &#124; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common 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">to you,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1488;&#1461;&#1500;&#1462;&#1431;&#1497;&#1498;&#1464;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;&#234;&#183;le&#183;&#7733;&#257;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition &#124; second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">&#8216;The donkeys</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1492;&#1464;&#1488;&#1458;&#1514;&#1465;&#1504;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514;&#1433;</span> <span class="translit">(h&#257;&#183;&#8217;a&#774;&#183;&#7791;&#333;&#183;n&#333;&#183;w&#7791;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article &#124; Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_860.htm">Strong's 860: </a> </span><span class="str2">A female donkey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you seek</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1492;&#1464;&#1500;&#1463;&#1443;&#1499;&#1456;&#1514;&#1468;&#1464;</span> <span class="translit">(h&#257;&#183;la&#7733;&#183;t&#257;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have been found,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1504;&#1460;&#1502;&#1456;&#1510;&#1456;&#1488;&#1444;&#1493;&#1468;</span> <span class="translit">(nim&#183;&#7779;&#601;&#183;&#8217;&#363;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - 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">and now</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1456;&#1492;&#1460;&#1504;&#1468;&#1461;&#1448;&#1492;</span> <span class="translit">(w&#601;&#183;hin&#183;n&#234;h)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw &#124; Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your father</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1488;&#1464;&#1489;&#1460;&#1433;&#1497;&#1498;&#1464;&#1433;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;&#257;&#183;&#7687;&#238;&#183;&#7733;&#257;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct &#124; second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has stopped</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1504;&#1464;&#1496;&#1463;&#1444;&#1513;&#1473;</span> <span class="translit">(n&#257;&#183;&#7789;a&#353;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5203.htm">Strong's 5203: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">worrying about</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1491;&#1468;&#1460;&#1489;&#1456;&#1512;&#1461;&#1443;&#1497;</span> <span class="translit">(di&#7687;&#183;r&#234;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the donkeys</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1492;&#1464;&#1488;&#1458;&#1514;&#1465;&#1504;&#1428;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514;</span> <span class="translit">(h&#257;&#183;&#8217;a&#774;&#183;&#7791;&#333;&#183;n&#333;&#183;w&#7791;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article &#124; Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_860.htm">Strong's 860: </a> </span><span class="str2">A female donkey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and is worrying</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1493;&#1456;&#1491;&#1464;&#1488;&#1463;&#1444;&#1490;</span> <span class="translit">(w&#601;&#183;&#7695;&#257;&#183;&#8217;a&#7713;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw &#124; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1672.htm">Strong's 1672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be anxious or concerned, to fear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">about you,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1500;&#1464;&#1499;&#1462;&#1501;&#1433;</span> <span class="translit">(l&#257;&#183;&#7733;em)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition &#124; second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_0.htm">Strong's 0: </a> </span><span class="str2">0</span><br /><br /><span class="word">asking,</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1500;&#1461;&#1488;&#1502;&#1465;&#1428;&#1512;</span> <span class="translit">(l&#234;&#183;m&#333;r)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l &#124; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<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">?What</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1502;&#1464;&#1445;&#1492;</span> <span class="translit">(m&#257;h)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">should I do</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1488;&#1462;&#1506;&#1457;&#1513;&#1474;&#1462;&#1430;&#1492;</span> <span class="translit">(&#8217;e&#183;&#8216;&#277;&#183;&#347;eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">about my son??&#8217;</span><br /><span class="heb">&#1500;&#1460;&#1489;&#1456;&#1504;&#1460;&#1469;&#1497;&#1475;</span> <span class="translit">(li&#7687;&#183;n&#238;)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l &#124; Noun - masculine singular construct &#124; first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/10-2.htm">1 Samuel 10:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/10-2.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 10:2 When you are departed from me today (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/10-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 10:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 10:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 10:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 10:3" /></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>

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