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Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today; and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is on your mind. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>As for your donkeys which were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your fathers household? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Saul replied, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me in this way? <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who were invited, who were about thirty men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion that I gave you, concerning which I said to you, Set it aside. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Then the cook took up the leg with what was on it and set <i>it</i> before Saul. And <i>Samuel</i> said, Here is what has been reserved! Set <i>it</i> before you <i>and</i> eat, because it has been kept for you until the appointed time, since I said I have invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>When they came down from the high place into the city, <i>Samuel</i> spoke with Saul on the roof. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>And they arose early; and at daybreak Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, Get up, that I may send you away. So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Say to the servant that he might go ahead of us and pass on, but you remain standing now, that I may proclaim the word of God to you. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me unto the high place, for ye shall eat with me to-day: and in the morning I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Samuel answered Saul, saying: I am the seer, go up before me to the high place, that you may eat with me to day, and I will let thee go in the morning: and tell thee all that is in thy heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/1_samuel/9.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Samuel answered Saul and said, I am the seer: go up before me to the high place, and ye shall eat with me to-day; and to-morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me unto the high place, for ye shall eat with me today: and in the morning I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me to the high place; for ye shall eat with me to-day, and to-morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thy heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Samuel answered Saul, and said, "I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. In the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Samuel answereth Saul and saith, 'I am the seer; go up before me into the high place, and ye have eaten with me to-day, and I have sent thee away in the morning, and all that is in thy heart I declare to thee.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_old_judge_and_the.htm">The Old Judge and the Young King</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Now the Lord had told Samuel In his ear a day before Saul came, saying, 16, To-morrow, about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over My people Israel, that he may save My people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon My people, because their cry is come unto Me. 17. And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over My people. 18. Then Saul drew <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_old_judge_and_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/singh/at_the_masters_feet/section_ii_1_to_pray.htm">1 to Pray Does not Imply that Without Prayer God Would not Give us Anything...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. To pray does not imply that without prayer God would not give us anything or that He would be unaware of our needs, but it has this great advantage, that in the attitude of prayer the soul is best fitted to receive the Giver of blessing as well as those blessings He desires to bestow. Thus it was that the fullness of the Spirit was not poured out upon the Apostles on the first day, but after ten days of special preparation. If a blessing were conferred upon one without a special readiness for <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/singh/at_the_masters_feet/section_ii_1_to_pray.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Sadhu Sundar Singh—</span><span class="citation2">At The Master's Feet</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_43_ramah_ramathaim_zophim.htm">Ramah. Ramathaim Zophim. Gibeah. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">There was a certain Ramah, in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25, and that within sight of Jerusalem, as it seems, Judges 19:13; where it is named with Gibeah:--and elsewhere, Hosea 5:8; which towns were not much distant. See 1 Samuel 22:6; "Saul sat in Gibeah, under a grove in Ramah." Here the Gemarists trifle: "Whence is it (say they) that Ramah is placed near Gibea? To hint to you, that the speech of Samuel of Ramah was the cause, why Saul remained two years and a half in Gibeah." They blindly <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_43_ramah_ramathaim_zophim.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Lightfoot—</span><span class="citation2">From the Talmud and Hebraica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/meditations_before_dinner_and_supper.htm">Meditations Before Dinner and Supper. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Meditate that hunger is like the sickness called a wolf; which, if thou dost not feed, will devour thee, and eat thee up; and that meat and drink are but as physic, or means which God hath ordained, to relieve and cure this natural infirmity and necessity of man. Use, therefore, to eat and to drink, rather to sustain and refresh the weakness of nature, than to satisfy the sensuality and delights of the flesh. Eat, therefore, to live, but live not to eat. There is no service so base, as for a man <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/meditations_before_dinner_and_supper.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Lewis Bayly—</span><span class="citation2">The Practice of Piety</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/samuel.htm">Samuel</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/samuel.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/9-19.htm">1 Samuel 9:19 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/9-19.htm">1 Samuel 9:19 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_samuel/9-19.htm">1 Samuel 9:19 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/9-19.htm">1 Samuel 9:19 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/9-19.htm">1 Samuel 9:19 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/9-19.htm">1 Samuel 9:19 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/1_samuel/9-19.htm">1 Samuel 9:19 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/9-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 9:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 9:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/9-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 9:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 9:20" /></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/1_samuel/9-19.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>