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1Samuel 9
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Saul Meets Samuel

9There was a wealthy and influential man named Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin; he was the son of Abiel and grandson of Zeror, and belonged to the family of Becorath, a part of the clan of Aphiah.H376H1144H8034H7027H1121H22H1121H6872H1121H1064H1121H647H1145H1368H376H2428 2He had a son named Saul, a handsome man in the prime of life. Saul was a foot taller than anyone else in Israel and more handsome as well.H1121H8034H7586H970H2896H1121H3478H2896H376H7926H4605H1364H5971 3Some donkeys belonging to Kish had wandered off, so he said to Saul, "Take one of the servants with you and go and look for the donkeys."H860H7027H7586H1H6H7027H559H7586H1121H3947H259H5288H6965H3212H1245H860 4They went through the hill country of Ephraim and the region of Shalishah, but did not find them; so they went on through the region of Shaalim, but the donkeys were not there. Then they went through the territory of Benjamin, but still did not find them.H5674H2022H669H5674H776H8031H4672H5674H776H8171H5674H776H1145H4672 5When they came into the region of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, "Let's go back home, or my father might stop thinking about the donkeys and start worrying about us."H935H776H6689H7586H559H5288H3212H7725H1H2308H860H1672 6The servant answered, "Wait! In this town there is a holy man who is highly respected because everything he says comes true. Let's go to him, and maybe he can tell us where we can find the donkeys."H559H5892H376H430H3513H376H1696H935H935H3212H5046H1870H1980 7"If we go to him, what can we give him?" Saul asked. "There is no food left in our packs, and we don't have a thing to give him, do we?"H559H7586H5288H3212H935H376H3899H235H3627H8670H935H376H430 8The servant answered, "I have a small silver coin. I can give him that, and then he will tell us where we can find them."H5288H6030H7586H3254H559H4672H3027H7253H8255H3701H5414H376H430H5046H1870 9Saul replied, "A good idea! Let's go." So they went to the town where the holy man lived.H6440H3478H376H3212H1875H430H559H3212H3212H7200H3117H5030H6440H7121H7200 10As they were going up the hill to the town, they met some young women who were coming out to draw water. They asked these women, "Is the seer in town?"H1697H7586H5288H2896H559H3212H3212H3212H5892H376H430 11(At that time a prophet was called a seer, and so whenever someone wanted to ask God a question, he would say, "Let's go to the seer.")H5927H4608H5892H4672H5291H3318H7579H4325H559H3426H7200 12"Yes, he is," the young women answered. "In fact, he is just ahead of you. If you hurry, you will catch up with him. As soon as you go into town, you will find him. He arrived in town today because the people are going to offer a sacrifice on the altar on the hill.H6030H559H3426H6440H4116H935H3117H5892H2077H5971H3117H1116 13The people who are invited won't start eating until he gets there, because he has to bless the sacrifice first. If you go now, you will find him before he goes up the hill to eat."H935H5892H3651H4672H5927H1116H398H5971H398H935H1288H2077H310H3651H398H7121H5927H3117H4672 14So Saul and his servant went on to the town, and as they were going in, they saw Samuel coming out toward them on his way to the place of worship.H5927H8432H5892H935H5892H8050H3318H7125H5927H1116 15Now on the previous day the LORD had told Samuel,H3068H1540H8050H241H259H3117H6440H7586H935H559 16"Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the tribe of Benjamin; anoint him as ruler of my people Israel, and he will rescue them from the Philistines. I have seen the suffering of my people and have heard their cries for help."H4279H6256H7971H376H776H1144H4886H5057H5971H3478H3467H5971H3027H6430H7200H5971H6818H935 17When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the LORD said to him, "This is the man I told you about. He will rule my people."H8050H7200H7586H3068H6030H376H559H6113H5971 18Then Saul went over to Samuel, who was near the gate, and asked, "Tell me, where does the seer live?"H7586H5066H8050H8432H8179H559H5046H335H7200H1004 19Samuel answered, "I am the seer. Go on ahead of me to the place of worship. Both of you are to eat with me today. Tomorrow morning I will answer all your questions and send you on your way.H8050H6030H7586H559H7200H5927H6440H1116H398H3117H1242H7971H5046H3824 20As for the donkeys that were lost three days ago, don't worry about them; they have already been found. But who is it that the people of Israel want so much? It is you - you and your father's family."H860H6H7969H3117H3117H7760H3820H4672H2532H3478H1H1004 21Saul answered, "I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe in Israel, and my family is the least important one in the tribe. Why, then, do you talk like this to me?"H7586H6030H559H1145H6996H7626H3478H4940H6810H4940H7626H1144H1696H1697 22Then Samuel led Saul and his servant into the large room and gave them a place at the head of the table where the guests, about thirty in all, were seated.H8050H3947H7586H5288H935H3957H5414H7218H4725H7121H7970H376 23Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the piece of meat I gave you, which I told you to set aside."H8050H559H2876H5414H4490H5414H559H7760 24So the cook brought the choice piece of the leg and placed it before Saul. Samuel said, "Look, here is the piece that was kept for you. Eat it. I saved it for you to eat at this time with the people I invited." So Saul ate with Samuel that day.H2876H7311H7785H7760H6440H7586H559H7604H7760H6440H398H4150H8104H559H7121H5971H7586H398H8050H3117 25When they went down from the place of worship to the town, they fixed up a bed for Saul on the roof,H3381H1116H5892H1696H7586H1406

Samuel Anoints Saul as Ruler

26and he slept there. At dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, "Get up, and I will send you on your way." Saul got up, and he and Samuel went out to the street together.H7925H5927H7837H8050H7121H7586H1406H559H6965H7971H7586H6965H3318H8147H8050H2351 27When they arrived at the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to go on ahead of us." The servant left, and Samuel continued, "Stay here a minute, and I will tell you what God has said."H3381H7097H5892H8050H559H7586H559H5288H5674H6440H5674H5975H3117H8085H1697H430


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