1Samuel:9

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ylt @1Samuel:9:1 @And there is a man of Benjamin , and his name [is ] Kish , son of Abiel , son of Zeror , son of Bechorath , son of Aphiah , a Benjamite , mighty of valour , ylt @1Samuel:9:2 @and he hath a son , and his name [is ] Saul , a choice youth and goodly , and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he -- from his shoulder and upward , higher than any of the people . ylt @1Samuel:9:3 @And the asses of Kish , father of Saul , are lost , and Kish saith unto Saul his son , 'Take , I pray thee , with thee , one of the young men , and rise , go , seek the asses .' ylt @1Samuel:9:4 @And he passeth over through the hill-country of Ephraim , and passeth over through the land of Shalisha , and they have not found ; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim , and they are not ; and he passeth over through the land of Benjamin , and they have not found . ylt @1Samuel:9:5 @They have come in unto the land of Zuph , and Saul hath said to his young man who [is ] with him , 'Come , and we turn back , lest my father leave off from the asses , and hath been sorrowful for us .' ylt @1Samuel:9:6 @And he saith to him , 'Lo , I pray thee , a man of God [is ] in this city , and the man is honoured ; all that he speaketh doth certainly come ; now , we go there , it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone .' ylt @1Samuel:9:7 @And Saul saith to his young man , 'And lo , we go , and what do we bring in to the man ? for the bread hath gone from our vessels , and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God -- what [is ] with us ?' ylt @1Samuel:9:8 @And the young man addeth to answer Saul , and saith , 'Lo , there is found with me a fourth of a shekel of silver : and I have given to the man of God , and he hath declared to us our way .' ylt @1Samuel:9:9 @Formerly in Israel , thus said the man in his going to seek God , 'Come and we go unto the seer ,' for the 'prophet ' of to-day is called formerly 'the seer .' ylt @1Samuel:9:10 @And Saul saith to his young man , 'Thy word [is ] good ; come , we go ;' and they go unto the city where the man of God [is ]. ylt @1Samuel:9:11 @They are going up in the ascent of the city , and have found young women going out to draw water , and say to them , 'Is the seer in this [place ]?' ylt @1Samuel:9:12 @And they answer them and say , 'He is ; lo , before thee ! haste , now , for to-day he hath come in to the city , for the people hath a stated sacrifice in a high place . ylt @1Samuel:9:13 @At your going in to the city so ye do find him , before he doth go up in to the high place to eat ; for the people do not eat till his coming , for he doth bless the sacrifice ; afterwards they eat , who are called , and now , go up , for at this time ye find him .' ylt @1Samuel:9:14 @And they go up in to the city ; they are coming in to the midst of the city , and lo , Samuel is coming out to meet them , to go up to the high place ; ylt @1Samuel:9:15 @and Jehovah had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul , saying , ylt @1Samuel:9:16 @'At this time tomorrow , I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin -- and thou hast anointed him for leader over My people Israel , and he hath saved My people out of the hand of the Philistines ; for I have seen My people , for its cry hath come in unto Me .' ylt @1Samuel:9:17 @When Samuel hath seen Saul , then hath Jehovah answered him , 'Lo , the man of whom I have spoken unto thee ; this [one ] doth restrain My people .' ylt @1Samuel:9:18 @And Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate , and saith , 'Declare , I pray thee , to me , where [is ] this -- the seer 's house ?' ylt @1Samuel:9:19 @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 . ylt @1Samuel:9:20 @As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days , set not thy heart to them , for they have been found ; and to whom [is ] all the desire of Israel ?' is it not to thee and to all thy father 's house ?' ylt @1Samuel:9:21 @And Saul answereth and saith , 'Am not I a Benjamite -- of the smallest of the tribes of Israel ? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin ? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word ?' ylt @1Samuel:9:22 @And Samuel taketh Saul , and his young man , and bringeth them in to the chamber , and giveth to them a place at the head of those called ; and they [are ] about thirty men . ylt @1Samuel:9:23 @And Samuel saith to the cook , 'Give the portion which I gave to thee , of which I said unto thee , 'Set it by thee ?' ylt @1Samuel:9:24 @(and the cook lifteth up the leg , and that which [is ] on it , and setteth before Saul ), and he saith , 'Lo , that which is left ; set [it ] before thee -- eat , for to this appointed season it is kept for thee , saying , The people I have called ;' and Saul eateth with Samuel on that day . ylt @1Samuel:9:25 @And they come down from the high place to the city , and he speaketh with Saul on the roof . ylt @1Samuel:9:26 @And they rise early , and it cometh to pass , at the ascending of the dawn , that Samuel calleth unto Saul , on the roof , saying , 'Rise , and I send thee away ;' and Saul riseth , and they go out , both of them -- he and Samuel , without . ylt @1Samuel:9:27 @They are going down in the extremity of the city , and Samuel hath said unto Saul , 'Say to the young man that he pass on before us (and he passeth on ), and thou , stand at this time , and I cause thee to hear the word of God .'

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