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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 9:1 - Strong Concordance
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1Sa 9:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Now there was a man [0376] of Benjamin [01144], whose name [08034] was Kish [07027], the son [01121] of Abiel [022], the son [01121] of Zeror [06872], the son [01121] of Bechorath [01064], the son [01121] of Aphiah [0647], a Benjamite [01145], a mighty [01368] man [0376] of power [02428]. |
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King James |
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. |
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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
SAUL, DESPAIRING TO FIND HIS FATHER'S ASSES, COMES TO SAMUEL. (Sa1 9:1-14)
a mighty man of power--that is, of great wealth and substance. The family was of high consideration in the tribe of Benjamin, and therefore Saul's words must be set down among the common forms of affected humility, which Oriental people are wont to use. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The genealogy of Saul is here given as far as Aphiah ("Abiah," Ch1 7:8), who was of the house of Becher the son of Benjamin Gen 46:21. "Kish" Ch1 9:35-39 was the son of "Ner" the son of "Jehiel," (or, "Abiel" here and Sa1 14:51), the first settler ("father," Ch1 9:35) at Gibeon, or Gibeah of Saul, and who married "Maachah," a daughter or granddaughter of Caleb. If so, it is obvious that the names of several generations are omitted between Kish and Abiel, and among them that from which the family of Matri Sa1 10:21 was called. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
When the Lord had instructed Samuel to appoint a king over the nation, in accordance with its own desire, He very speedily proceeded to show him the man whom He had chosen. Saul the Benjaminite came to Samuel, to consult him as a seer about his father's she-asses, which had been lost, and for which he had been seeking in all directions in vain (Sa1 9:1-14). And the Lord had already revealed to the prophet the day before, that He would send him the man who had been set apart by Him as the king of Israel; and when Samuel met with Saul, He pointed him out as the man to whom He had referred (Sa1 9:15-17). Accordingly, Samuel invited Saul to be his guest at a sacrificial meal, which he was about to celebrate (Sa1 9:18-24). After the meal he made known to him the purpose of God, anointed him as king (Sa1 9:25-27; Sa1 10:1), and sent him away, with an announcement of three signs, which would serve to confirm his election on the part of God (Sa1 10:2-16). This occurrence is related very circumstantially, to bring out distinctly the miraculous interposition of God, and to show that Saul did not aspire to the throne; and also that Samuel did not appoint of his own accord the man whom he was afterwards obliged to reject, but that Saul was elected by God to be king over His people, without any interference on the part of either Samuel or himself.
(Note: There is no tenable ground for the assumption of Thenius and others, that this account was derived from a different source from 1 Samuel 8, Sa1 10:17-27, and Sa1 10:11.; for the assertion that Sa1 10:17-27 connects itself in the most natural way with 1 Samuel 8 is neither well-founded nor correct. In the first place, it was certainly more natural that Samuel, who was to place a king over the nation according to the appointment of God, should be made acquainted with the man whom God had appointed, before the people elected him by lot. And secondly, Saul's behaviour in hiding himself when the lots were cast (Sa1 10:21.), can only be explained on the supposition that Samuel had already informed him that he was the appointed king; whereas, if this had not been the case, it would be altogether incomprehensible.)
Sa1 9:1-2
Saul searches for his father's asses. - Sa1 9:1, Sa1 9:2. The elaborate genealogy of the Benjaminite Kish, and the minute description of the figure of his son Saul, are intended to indicate at the very outset the importance to which Saul attained in relation to the people of Israel, Kish was the son of Abiel: this is in harmony with Sa1 14:51. But when, on the other hand, it is stated in Ch1 8:33; Ch1 9:39, that Ner begat Kish, the difference may be reconciled in the simplest manner, on the assumption that the Ner mentioned there is not the father, but the grandfather, or a still more remote ancestor of Kish, as the intervening members are frequently passed over in the genealogies. The other ancestors of Kish are never mentioned again. חיל גּבּור refers to Kish, and signifies not a brave man, but a man of property, as in Rut 2:1. This son Saul (i.e., "prayed for:" for this meaning of the word, comp. Sa1 1:17, Sa1 1:27) was "young and beautiful." It is true that even at that time Saul had a son grown up (viz., Jonathan), according to Sa1 13:2; but still, in contrast with his father, he was "a young man," i.e., in the full vigour of youth, probably about forty or forty-five years old. There is no necessity, therefore, to follow the Vulgate rendering electus. No one equalled him in beauty. "From his shoulder upwards he was higher than any of the people." Such a figure as this was well adapted to commend him to the people as their king (cf. Sa1 10:24), since size and beauty were highly valued in rulers, as signs of manly strength (see Herod. iii. 20, vii. 187; Aristot. Polit. iv. c. 24).
Sa1 9:3-5
Having been sent out by his father to search for his she-asses which had strayed, Saul went with his servant through the mountains of Ephraim, which ran southwards into the tribe-territory of Benjamin (see at Sa1 1:1), then through the land of Shalishah and the land of Shaalim, and after that through the land of Benjamin, without finding the asses; and at length, when he had reached the land of Zuph, he determined to return, because he was afraid that his father might turn his mind from the asses, and trouble himself about them (the son and servant). מן חדל, to desist from a thing, to give it up or renounce it.
As Saul started in any case from Gibeah of Benjamin, his own home (Sa1 10:10., Sa1 10:26, Sa1 11:4; Sa1 15:34; Sa1 23:19; Sa1 26:1), i.e., the present Tuleil el Phul, which was an hour or an hour and a half to the north of Jerusalem (see at Jos 18:28), and went thence into the mountains of Ephraim, he no doubt took a north-westerly direction, so that he crossed the boundary of Benjamin somewhere between Bireh and Atarah, and passing through the crest of the mountains of Ephraim, on the west of Gophnah (Jifna), came out into the land of Shalishah. Shalishah is unquestionably the country round (or of) Baal-shalishah (Kg2 4:42), which was situated, according to Eusebius (Onom. s.v. Βαιθσαρισάθ: Beth-sarisa or Beth-salisa), in regione Thamnitica, fifteen Roman miles to the north of Diospolis (Lydda), and was therefore probably the country to the west of Jiljilia, where three different wadys run into one large wady, called Kurawa; and according to the probable conjecture of Thenius, it was from this fact that the district received the name of Shalishah, or Three-land. They proceeded thence in their search to the land of Shaalim: according to the Onom. (s.v.), "a village seven miles off, in finibus Eleutheropoleos contra occidentem." But this is hardly correct, and is most likely connected with the mistake made in transposing the town of Samuel to the neighbourhood of Diospolis (see at Sa1 1:1). For since they went on from Shaalim into the land of Benjamin, and then still further into the land of Zuph, on the south-west of Benjamin, they probably turned eastwards from Shalishah, into the country where we find Beni Mussah and Beni Salem marked upon Robinson's and v. de Velde's maps, and where we must therefore look for the land of Shaalim, that they might proceed thence to explore the land of Benjamin from the north-east to the south-west. If, on the contrary, they had gone from Shaalim in a southerly or south-westerly direction, to the district of Eleutheropolis, they would only have entered the land of Benjamin at the south-west corner, and would have had to go all the way back again in order to go thence to the land of Zuph. For we may infer with certainty that the land of Zuph was on the south-west of the tribe-territory of Benjamin, from the fact that, according to Sa1 10:2, Saul and his companion passed Rachel's tomb on their return thence to their own home, and then came to the border of Benjamin. On the name Zuph, see at Sa1 1:1.
Sa1 9:6
When Saul proposed to return home from the land of Zuph, his servant said to him, "Behold, in this city ('this,' referring to the town which stood in front of them upon a hill) is a man of God, much honoured; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now we will go thither; perhaps he will tell us our way that we have to go" (lit. have gone, and still go, sc., to attain the object of our journey, viz., to find the asses). The name of this town is not mentioned either here or in the further course of this history. Nearly all the commentators suppose it to have been Ramah, Samuel's home. But this assumption has no foundation at all in the text, and is irreconcilable with the statements respecting the return in Sa1 10:2-5. The servant did not say there dwells in this city, but there is in this city (Sa1 9:6; comp. with this Sa1 9:10, "They went into the city where the man of God was," not "dwelt"). It is still more evident, from the answer given by the drawers of water, when Saul asked them, "Is the seer here?" (Sa1 9:11), - viz., "He came to-day to the city, for the people have a great sacrifice upon the high place" (Sa1 9:12), - that the seer (Samuel) did not live in the town, but had only come thither to a sacrificial festival. Moreover, "every impartial man will admit, that the fact of Samuel's having honoured Saul as his guest at the sacrificial meal of those who participated in the sacrifice, and of their having slept under the same roof, cannot possibly weaken the impression that Samuel was only there in his peculiar and official capacity. It could not be otherwise than that the presidency should be assigned to him at the feast itself as priest and prophet, and therefore that the appointments mentioned should proceed from him. And it is but natural to assume that he had a house at his command for any repetition of such sacrifices, which we find from 2 Kings 4 to have been the case in the history of Elisha" (Valentiner). And lastly, the sacrificial festival itself does not point to Ramah; for although Samuel had built an altar to the Lord at Ramah (Sa1 7:17), this was by no means the only place of sacrifice in the nation. If Samuel offered sacrifice at Mizpeh and Gilgal (Sa1 7:9; Sa1 10:8; Sa1 13:8.), he could also do the same at other places. What the town really was in which Saul met with him, cannot indeed be determined, since all that we can gather from Sa1 10:2, is, that it was situated on the south-west of Bethlehem.
Sa1 9:7-8
Saul's objection, that they had no present to bring to the man of God, as the bread was gone from their vessels, was met by the servant with the remark, that he had a quarter of a shekel which he would give.
Sa1 9:9-10
Before proceeding with the further progress of the affair, the historian introduces a notice, which was required to throw light upon what follows; namely, that beforetime, if any one wished to inquire of God, i.e., to apply to a prophet for counsel from God upon any matter, it was customary in Israel to say, We will go to the seer, because "he that is now called a prophet was beforetime called a seer." After this parenthetical remark, the account is continued in Sa1 9:10. Saul declared himself satisfied with the answer of the servant; and they both went into the town, to ask the man of God about the asses that were lost. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A mighty man of power - Literally, a strong man; this appears to be the only power he possessed; and the physical strength of the father may account for the extraordinary size of the son. See Sa1 9:2. |
1 Now there was a man [0376] of Benjamin [01144], whose name [08034] was Kish [07027], the son [01121] of Abiel [022], the son [01121] of Zeror [06872], the son [01121] of Bechorath [01064], the son [01121] of Aphiah [0647], a Benjamite [01145], a mighty [01368] man [0376] of power [02428].
2 And he had a son [01121], whose name [08034] was Saul [07586], a choice young man [0970], and a goodly [02896]: and there was not among the children [01121] of Israel [03478] a goodlier [02896] person [0376] than he: from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605] he was higher [01364] than any of the people [05971].
3 And the asses [0860] of Kish [07027] Saul's [07586] father [01] were lost [06]. And Kish [07027] said [0559] to Saul [07586] his son [01121], Take [03947] now one [0259] of the servants [05288] with thee, and arise [06965], go [03212] seek [01245] the asses [0860].
4 And he passed through [05674] mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and passed through [05674] the land [0776] of Shalisha [08031], but they found [04672] them not: then they passed through [05674] the land [0776] of Shalim [08171], and there they were not: and he passed through [05674] the land [0776] of the Benjamites [01145], but they found [04672] them not.
5 And when they were come [0935] to the land [0776] of Zuph [06689], Saul [07586] said [0559] to his servant [05288] that was with him, Come [03212], and let us return [07725]; lest my father [01] leave [02308] caring for the asses [0860], and take thought [01672] for us.
6 And he said [0559] unto him, Behold now, there is in this city [05892] a man [0376] of God [0430], and he is an honourable [03513] man [0376]; all that he saith [01696] cometh [0935] surely to pass [0935]: now let us go [03212] thither; peradventure he can shew [05046] us our way [01870] that we should go [01980].
7 Then said [0559] Saul [07586] to his servant [05288], But, behold, if we go [03212], what shall we bring [0935] the man [0376]? for the bread [03899] is spent [0235] in our vessels [03627], and there is not a present [08670] to bring [0935] to the man [0376] of God [0430]: what have we?
8 And the servant [05288] answered [06030] Saul [07586] again [03254], and said [0559], Behold, I have [04672] here at hand [03027] the fourth part [07253] of a shekel [08255] of silver [03701]: that will I give [05414] to the man [0376] of God [0430], to tell [05046] us our way [01870].
9 (Beforetime [06440] in Israel [03478], when a man [0376] went [03212] to enquire [01875] of God [0430], thus he spake [0559], Come [03212], and let us go [03212] to the seer [07200]: for he that is now [03117] called a Prophet [05030] was beforetime [06440] called [07121] a Seer [07200]
10 Then said [01697] Saul [07586] to his servant [05288], Well [02896] said [0559]; come [03212], let us go [03212]. So they went [03212] unto the city [05892] where the man [0376] of God [0430] was.
11 And as they went up [05927] the hill [04608] to the city [05892], they found [04672] young maidens [05291] going out [03318] to draw [07579] water [04325], and said [0559] unto them, Is [03426] the seer [07200] here?
12 And they answered [06030] them, and said [0559], He is [03426]; behold, he is before [06440] you: make haste [04116] now, for he came [0935] to day [03117] to the city [05892]; for there is a sacrifice [02077] of the people [05971] to day [03117] in the high place [01116]:
13 As soon as ye be come [0935] into the city [05892], ye shall straightway [03651] find [04672] him, before he go up [05927] to the high place [01116] to eat [0398]: for the people [05971] will not eat [0398] until he come [0935], because he doth bless [01288] the sacrifice [02077]; and afterwards [0310] [03651] they eat [0398] that be bidden [07121]. Now therefore get you up [05927]; for about this time [03117] ye shall find [04672] him.
14 And they went up [05927] into [08432] the city [05892]: and when they were come [0935] into the city [05892], behold, Samuel [08050] came out [03318] against [07125] them, for to go up [05927] to the high place [01116].
21 When he had caused the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144] to come near [07126] by their families [04940], the family [04940] of Matri [04309] was taken [03920], and Saul [07586] the son [01121] of Kish [07027] was taken [03920]: and when they sought [01245] him, he could not be found [04672].
35 And in Gibeon [01391] dwelt [03427] the father [01] of Gibeon [01391] [025], Jehiel [03273], whose wife's [0802] name [08034] was Maachah [04601]:
51 And Kish [07027] was the father [01] of Saul [07586]; and Ner [05369] the father [01] of Abner [074] was the son [01121] of Abiel [022].
35 And in Gibeon [01391] dwelt [03427] the father [01] of Gibeon [01391] [025], Jehiel [03273], whose wife's [0802] name [08034] was Maachah [04601]:
36 And his firstborn [01060] son [01121] Abdon [05658], then Zur [06698], and Kish [07027], and Baal [01168], and Ner [05369], and Nadab [05070],
37 And Gedor [01446], and Ahio [0283], and Zechariah [02148], and Mikloth [04732].
38 And Mikloth [04732] begat [03205] Shimeam [08043]. And they also dwelt [03427] with their brethren [0251] at Jerusalem [03389], over against their brethren [0251].
39 And Ner [05369] begat [03205] Kish [07027]; and Kish [07027] begat [03205] Saul [07586]; and Saul [07586] begat [03205] Jonathan [03083], and Malchishua [04444], and Abinadab [041], and Eshbaal [0792].
21 And the sons [01121] of Benjamin [01144] were Belah [01106], and Becher [01071], and Ashbel [0788], Gera [01617], and Naaman [05283], Ehi [0278], and Rosh [07220], Muppim [04649], and Huppim [02650], and Ard [0714].
8 And the sons [01121] of Becher [01071]; Zemira [02160], and Joash [03135], and Eliezer [0461], and Elioenai [0454], and Omri [06018], and Jerimoth [03406], and Abiah [029], and Anathoth [06068], and Alameth [05964]. All these are the sons [01121] of Becher [01071].
10 Then said [01697] Saul [07586] to his servant [05288], Well [02896] said [0559]; come [03212], let us go [03212]. So they went [03212] unto the city [05892] where the man [0376] of God [0430] was.
9 (Beforetime [06440] in Israel [03478], when a man [0376] went [03212] to enquire [01875] of God [0430], thus he spake [0559], Come [03212], and let us go [03212] to the seer [07200]: for he that is now [03117] called a Prophet [05030] was beforetime [06440] called [07121] a Seer [07200]
10 Then said [01697] Saul [07586] to his servant [05288], Well [02896] said [0559]; come [03212], let us go [03212]. So they went [03212] unto the city [05892] where the man [0376] of God [0430] was.
7 Then said [0559] Saul [07586] to his servant [05288], But, behold, if we go [03212], what shall we bring [0935] the man [0376]? for the bread [03899] is spent [0235] in our vessels [03627], and there is not a present [08670] to bring [0935] to the man [0376] of God [0430]: what have we?
8 And the servant [05288] answered [06030] Saul [07586] again [03254], and said [0559], Behold, I have [04672] here at hand [03027] the fourth part [07253] of a shekel [08255] of silver [03701]: that will I give [05414] to the man [0376] of God [0430], to tell [05046] us our way [01870].
2 When thou art departed [03212] from me [05978] to day [03117], then thou shalt find [04672] two [08147] men [0582] by Rachel's [07354] sepulchre [06900] in the border [01366] of Benjamin [01144] at Zelzah [06766]; and they will say [0559] unto thee, The asses [0860] which thou wentest [01980] to seek [01245] are found [04672]: and, lo, thy father [01] hath left [05203] the care [01697] of the asses [0860], and sorroweth [01672] for you, saying [0559], What shall I do [06213] for my son [01121]?
8 And he tarried [03176] [03176] seven [07651] days [03117], according to the set time [04150] that Samuel [08050] had appointed: but Samuel [08050] came [0935] not to Gilgal [01537]; and the people [05971] were scattered [06327] from him.
8 And thou shalt go down [03381] before [06440] me to Gilgal [01537]; and, behold, I will come down [03381] unto thee, to offer [05927] burnt offerings [05930], and to sacrifice [02076] sacrifices [02077] of peace offerings [08002]: seven [07651] days [03117] shalt thou tarry [03176], till I come [0935] to thee, and shew [03045] thee what thou shalt do [06213].
9 And Samuel [08050] took [03947] a [0259] sucking [02461] lamb [02924], and offered [05927] it for a burnt offering [05930] wholly [03632] unto the LORD [03068]: and Samuel [08050] cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068] for Israel [03478]; and the LORD [03068] heard [06030] him.
17 And his return [08666] was to Ramah [07414]; for there was his house [01004]; and there he judged [08199] Israel [03478]; and there he built [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068].
12 And they answered [06030] them, and said [0559], He is [03426]; behold, he is before [06440] you: make haste [04116] now, for he came [0935] to day [03117] to the city [05892]; for there is a sacrifice [02077] of the people [05971] to day [03117] in the high place [01116]:
11 And as they went up [05927] the hill [04608] to the city [05892], they found [04672] young maidens [05291] going out [03318] to draw [07579] water [04325], and said [0559] unto them, Is [03426] the seer [07200] here?
10 Then said [01697] Saul [07586] to his servant [05288], Well [02896] said [0559]; come [03212], let us go [03212]. So they went [03212] unto the city [05892] where the man [0376] of God [0430] was.
6 And he said [0559] unto him, Behold now, there is in this city [05892] a man [0376] of God [0430], and he is an honourable [03513] man [0376]; all that he saith [01696] cometh [0935] surely to pass [0935]: now let us go [03212] thither; peradventure he can shew [05046] us our way [01870] that we should go [01980].
2 When thou art departed [03212] from me [05978] to day [03117], then thou shalt find [04672] two [08147] men [0582] by Rachel's [07354] sepulchre [06900] in the border [01366] of Benjamin [01144] at Zelzah [06766]; and they will say [0559] unto thee, The asses [0860] which thou wentest [01980] to seek [01245] are found [04672]: and, lo, thy father [01] hath left [05203] the care [01697] of the asses [0860], and sorroweth [01672] for you, saying [0559], What shall I do [06213] for my son [01121]?
3 Then shalt thou go on [02498] forward [01973] from thence, and thou shalt come [0935] to the plain [0436] of Tabor [08396], and there shall meet [04672] thee three [07969] men [0582] going up [05927] to God [0430] to Bethel [01008], one [0259] carrying [05375] three [07969] kids [01423], and another [0259] carrying [05375] three [07969] loaves [03603] of bread [03899], and another [0259] carrying [05375] a bottle [05035] of wine [03196]:
4 And they will [07592] salute [07965] thee, and give [05414] thee two [08147] loaves of bread [03899]; which thou shalt receive [03947] of their hands [03027].
5 After [0310] that thou shalt come [0935] to the hill [01389] of God [0430], where is the garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430]: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither [0935] to the city [05892], that thou shalt meet [06293] a company [02256] of prophets [05030] coming down [03381] from the high place [01116] with a psaltery [05035], and a tabret [08596], and a pipe [02485], and a harp [03658], before [06440] them; and they shall prophesy [05012]:
6 And he said [0559] unto him, Behold now, there is in this city [05892] a man [0376] of God [0430], and he is an honourable [03513] man [0376]; all that he saith [01696] cometh [0935] surely to pass [0935]: now let us go [03212] thither; peradventure he can shew [05046] us our way [01870] that we should go [01980].
1 Now there was a certain [0259] man [0376] of Ramathaimzophim [07436], of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and his name [08034] was Elkanah [0511], the son [01121] of Jeroham [03395], the son [01121] of Elihu [0453], the son [01121] of Tohu [08459], the son [01121] of Zuph [06689], an Ephrathite [0673]:
2 When thou art departed [03212] from me [05978] to day [03117], then thou shalt find [04672] two [08147] men [0582] by Rachel's [07354] sepulchre [06900] in the border [01366] of Benjamin [01144] at Zelzah [06766]; and they will say [0559] unto thee, The asses [0860] which thou wentest [01980] to seek [01245] are found [04672]: and, lo, thy father [01] hath left [05203] the care [01697] of the asses [0860], and sorroweth [01672] for you, saying [0559], What shall I do [06213] for my son [01121]?
1 Now there was a certain [0259] man [0376] of Ramathaimzophim [07436], of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and his name [08034] was Elkanah [0511], the son [01121] of Jeroham [03395], the son [01121] of Elihu [0453], the son [01121] of Tohu [08459], the son [01121] of Zuph [06689], an Ephrathite [0673]:
42 And there came [0935] a man [0376] from Baalshalisha [01190], and brought [0935] the man [0376] of God [0430] bread [03899] of the firstfruits [01061], twenty [06242] loaves [03899] of barley [08184], and full ears of corn [03759] in the husk [06861] thereof. And he said [0559], Give [05414] unto the people [05971], that they may eat [0398].
28 And Zelah [06762], Eleph [0507], and Jebusi [02983], which is Jerusalem [03389], Gibeath [01394], and Kirjath [07157]; fourteen [0702] [06240] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]. This is the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] according to their families [04940].
1 And the Ziphites [02130] came [0935] unto Saul [07586] to Gibeah [01390], saying [0559], Doth not David [01732] hide [05641] himself in the hill [01389] of Hachilah [02444], which is before [06440] Jeshimon [03452]?
19 Then came up [05927] the Ziphites [02130] to Saul [07586] to Gibeah [01390], saying [0559], Doth not David [01732] hide [05641] himself with us in strong holds [04679] in the wood [02793], in the hill [01389] of Hachilah [02444], which is on the south [03225] of Jeshimon [03452]?
34 Then Samuel [08050] went [03212] to Ramah [07414]; and Saul [07586] went up [05927] to his house [01004] to Gibeah [01390] of Saul [07586].
4 Then came [0935] the messengers [04397] to Gibeah [01390] of Saul [07586], and told [01696] the tidings [01697] in the ears [0241] of the people [05971]: and all the people [05971] lifted up [05375] their voices [06963], and wept [01058].
26 And Saul [07586] also went [01980] home [01004] to Gibeah [01390]; and there went [03212] with him a band of men [02428], whose hearts [03820] God [0430] had touched [05060].
10 And when they came [0935] thither to the hill [01389], behold, a company [02256] of prophets [05030] met [07125] him; and the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] came [06743] upon him, and he prophesied [05012] among [08432] them.
1 Now there was a certain [0259] man [0376] of Ramathaimzophim [07436], of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and his name [08034] was Elkanah [0511], the son [01121] of Jeroham [03395], the son [01121] of Elihu [0453], the son [01121] of Tohu [08459], the son [01121] of Zuph [06689], an Ephrathite [0673]:
3 And the asses [0860] of Kish [07027] Saul's [07586] father [01] were lost [06]. And Kish [07027] said [0559] to Saul [07586] his son [01121], Take [03947] now one [0259] of the servants [05288] with thee, and arise [06965], go [03212] seek [01245] the asses [0860].
4 And he passed through [05674] mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and passed through [05674] the land [0776] of Shalisha [08031], but they found [04672] them not: then they passed through [05674] the land [0776] of Shalim [08171], and there they were not: and he passed through [05674] the land [0776] of the Benjamites [01145], but they found [04672] them not.
5 And when they were come [0935] to the land [0776] of Zuph [06689], Saul [07586] said [0559] to his servant [05288] that was with him, Come [03212], and let us return [07725]; lest my father [01] leave [02308] caring for the asses [0860], and take thought [01672] for us.
24 And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to all the people [05971], See [07200] ye him whom the LORD [03068] hath chosen [0977], that there is none like him among all the people [05971]? And all the people [05971] shouted [07321], and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].
2 Saul [07586] chose [0977] him three [07969] thousand [0505] men of Israel [03478]; whereof two thousand [0505] were with Saul [07586] in Michmash [04363] and in mount [02022] Bethel [01008], and a thousand [0505] were with Jonathan [03129] in Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]: and the rest [03499] of the people [05971] he sent [07971] every man [0376] to his tent [0168].
27 For this child [05288] I prayed [06419]; and the LORD [03068] hath given [05414] me my petition [07596] which I asked [07592] of him:
17 Then Eli [05941] answered [06030] and said [0559], Go [03212] in peace [07965]: and the God [0430] of Israel [03478] grant [05414] thee thy petition [07596] that thou hast asked [07592] of him.
1 And Naomi [05281] had a kinsman [04129] [03045] of her husband's [0376], a mighty [01368] man [0376] of wealth [02428], of the family [04940] of Elimelech [0458]; and his name [08034] was Boaz [01162].
39 And Ner [05369] begat [03205] Kish [07027]; and Kish [07027] begat [03205] Saul [07586]; and Saul [07586] begat [03205] Jonathan [03083], and Malchishua [04444], and Abinadab [041], and Eshbaal [0792].
33 And Ner [05369] begat [03205] Kish [07027], and Kish [07027] begat [03205] Saul [07586], and Saul [07586] begat [03205] Jonathan [03083], and Malchishua [04444], and Abinadab [041], and Eshbaal [0792].
51 And Kish [07027] was the father [01] of Saul [07586]; and Ner [05369] the father [01] of Abner [074] was the son [01121] of Abiel [022].
2 And he had a son [01121], whose name [08034] was Saul [07586], a choice young man [0970], and a goodly [02896]: and there was not among the children [01121] of Israel [03478] a goodlier [02896] person [0376] than he: from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605] he was higher [01364] than any of the people [05971].
1 Now there was a man [0376] of Benjamin [01144], whose name [08034] was Kish [07027], the son [01121] of Abiel [022], the son [01121] of Zeror [06872], the son [01121] of Bechorath [01064], the son [01121] of Aphiah [0647], a Benjamite [01145], a mighty [01368] man [0376] of power [02428].
1 Now there was a man [0376] of Benjamin [01144], whose name [08034] was Kish [07027], the son [01121] of Abiel [022], the son [01121] of Zeror [06872], the son [01121] of Bechorath [01064], the son [01121] of Aphiah [0647], a Benjamite [01145], a mighty [01368] man [0376] of power [02428].
2 And he had a son [01121], whose name [08034] was Saul [07586], a choice young man [0970], and a goodly [02896]: and there was not among the children [01121] of Israel [03478] a goodlier [02896] person [0376] than he: from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605] he was higher [01364] than any of the people [05971].
21 When he had caused the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144] to come near [07126] by their families [04940], the family [04940] of Matri [04309] was taken [03920], and Saul [07586] the son [01121] of Kish [07027] was taken [03920]: and when they sought [01245] him, he could not be found [04672].
17 And Samuel [08050] called [06817] the people [05971] together unto the LORD [03068] to Mizpeh [04709];
18 And said [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I brought up [05927] Israel [03478] out of Egypt [04714], and delivered [05337] you out of the hand [03027] of the Egyptians [04714], and out of the hand [03027] of all kingdoms [04467], and of them that oppressed [03905] you:
19 And ye have this day [03117] rejected [03988] your God [0430], who himself saved [03467] you out of all your adversities [07451] and your tribulations [06869]; and ye have said [0559] unto him, Nay, but set [07760] a king [04428] over us. Now therefore present [03320] yourselves before [06440] the LORD [03068] by your tribes [07626], and by your thousands [0505].
20 And when Samuel [08050] had caused all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to come near [07126], the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144] was taken [03920].
21 When he had caused the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144] to come near [07126] by their families [04940], the family [04940] of Matri [04309] was taken [03920], and Saul [07586] the son [01121] of Kish [07027] was taken [03920]: and when they sought [01245] him, he could not be found [04672].
22 Therefore they enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068] further, if the man [0376] should yet come [0935] thither [01988]. And the LORD [03068] answered [0559], Behold, he hath hid [02244] himself among the stuff [03627].
23 And they ran [07323] and fetched [03947] him thence: and when he stood [03320] among [08432] the people [05971], he was higher [01361] than any of the people [05971] from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605].
24 And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to all the people [05971], See [07200] ye him whom the LORD [03068] hath chosen [0977], that there is none like him among all the people [05971]? And all the people [05971] shouted [07321], and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].
25 Then Samuel [08050] told [01696] the people [05971] the manner [04941] of the kingdom [04410], and wrote [03789] it in a book [05612], and laid it up [03240] before [06440] the LORD [03068]. And Samuel [08050] sent [07971] all the people [05971] away [07971], every man [0376] to his house [01004].
26 And Saul [07586] also went [01980] home [01004] to Gibeah [01390]; and there went [03212] with him a band of men [02428], whose hearts [03820] God [0430] had touched [05060].
27 But the children [01121] of Belial [01100] said [0559], How shall this man save [03467] us? And they despised [0959] him, and brought [0935] him no presents [04503]. But he held his peace [02790].
11 And it came to pass, when all that knew [03045] him beforetime [0865] [08032] saw [07200] that, behold, he prophesied [05012] among the prophets [05030], then the people [05971] said [0559] one [0376] to another [07453], What is this that is come unto the son [01121] of Kish [07027]? Is Saul [07586] also among the prophets [05030]?
17 And Samuel [08050] called [06817] the people [05971] together unto the LORD [03068] to Mizpeh [04709];
18 And said [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I brought up [05927] Israel [03478] out of Egypt [04714], and delivered [05337] you out of the hand [03027] of the Egyptians [04714], and out of the hand [03027] of all kingdoms [04467], and of them that oppressed [03905] you:
19 And ye have this day [03117] rejected [03988] your God [0430], who himself saved [03467] you out of all your adversities [07451] and your tribulations [06869]; and ye have said [0559] unto him, Nay, but set [07760] a king [04428] over us. Now therefore present [03320] yourselves before [06440] the LORD [03068] by your tribes [07626], and by your thousands [0505].
20 And when Samuel [08050] had caused all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to come near [07126], the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144] was taken [03920].
21 When he had caused the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144] to come near [07126] by their families [04940], the family [04940] of Matri [04309] was taken [03920], and Saul [07586] the son [01121] of Kish [07027] was taken [03920]: and when they sought [01245] him, he could not be found [04672].
22 Therefore they enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068] further, if the man [0376] should yet come [0935] thither [01988]. And the LORD [03068] answered [0559], Behold, he hath hid [02244] himself among the stuff [03627].
23 And they ran [07323] and fetched [03947] him thence: and when he stood [03320] among [08432] the people [05971], he was higher [01361] than any of the people [05971] from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605].
24 And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to all the people [05971], See [07200] ye him whom the LORD [03068] hath chosen [0977], that there is none like him among all the people [05971]? And all the people [05971] shouted [07321], and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].
25 Then Samuel [08050] told [01696] the people [05971] the manner [04941] of the kingdom [04410], and wrote [03789] it in a book [05612], and laid it up [03240] before [06440] the LORD [03068]. And Samuel [08050] sent [07971] all the people [05971] away [07971], every man [0376] to his house [01004].
26 And Saul [07586] also went [01980] home [01004] to Gibeah [01390]; and there went [03212] with him a band of men [02428], whose hearts [03820] God [0430] had touched [05060].
27 But the children [01121] of Belial [01100] said [0559], How shall this man save [03467] us? And they despised [0959] him, and brought [0935] him no presents [04503]. But he held his peace [02790].
2 When thou art departed [03212] from me [05978] to day [03117], then thou shalt find [04672] two [08147] men [0582] by Rachel's [07354] sepulchre [06900] in the border [01366] of Benjamin [01144] at Zelzah [06766]; and they will say [0559] unto thee, The asses [0860] which thou wentest [01980] to seek [01245] are found [04672]: and, lo, thy father [01] hath left [05203] the care [01697] of the asses [0860], and sorroweth [01672] for you, saying [0559], What shall I do [06213] for my son [01121]?
3 Then shalt thou go on [02498] forward [01973] from thence, and thou shalt come [0935] to the plain [0436] of Tabor [08396], and there shall meet [04672] thee three [07969] men [0582] going up [05927] to God [0430] to Bethel [01008], one [0259] carrying [05375] three [07969] kids [01423], and another [0259] carrying [05375] three [07969] loaves [03603] of bread [03899], and another [0259] carrying [05375] a bottle [05035] of wine [03196]:
4 And they will [07592] salute [07965] thee, and give [05414] thee two [08147] loaves of bread [03899]; which thou shalt receive [03947] of their hands [03027].
5 After [0310] that thou shalt come [0935] to the hill [01389] of God [0430], where is the garrison [05333] of the Philistines [06430]: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither [0935] to the city [05892], that thou shalt meet [06293] a company [02256] of prophets [05030] coming down [03381] from the high place [01116] with a psaltery [05035], and a tabret [08596], and a pipe [02485], and a harp [03658], before [06440] them; and they shall prophesy [05012]:
6 And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] will come [06743] upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy [05012] with them, and shalt be turned [02015] into another [0312] man [0376].
7 And let it be, when these signs [0226] are come [0935] unto thee, that thou do [06213] as occasion [04672] serve [03027] thee; for God [0430] is with thee.
8 And thou shalt go down [03381] before [06440] me to Gilgal [01537]; and, behold, I will come down [03381] unto thee, to offer [05927] burnt offerings [05930], and to sacrifice [02076] sacrifices [02077] of peace offerings [08002]: seven [07651] days [03117] shalt thou tarry [03176], till I come [0935] to thee, and shew [03045] thee what thou shalt do [06213].
9 And it was so, that when he had turned [06437] his back [07926] to go [03212] from Samuel [08050], God [0430] gave [02015] him another [0312] heart [03820]: and all those signs [0226] came [0935] to pass that day [03117].
10 And when they came [0935] thither to the hill [01389], behold, a company [02256] of prophets [05030] met [07125] him; and the Spirit [07307] of God [0430] came [06743] upon him, and he prophesied [05012] among [08432] them.
11 And it came to pass, when all that knew [03045] him beforetime [0865] [08032] saw [07200] that, behold, he prophesied [05012] among the prophets [05030], then the people [05971] said [0559] one [0376] to another [07453], What is this that is come unto the son [01121] of Kish [07027]? Is Saul [07586] also among the prophets [05030]?
12 And one [0376] of the same place answered [06030] and said [0559], But who is their father [01]? Therefore it became a proverb [04912], Is Saul [07586] also among the prophets [05030]?
13 And when he had made an end [03615] of prophesying [05012], he came [0935] to the high place [01116].
14 And Saul's [07586] uncle [01730] said [0559] unto him and to his servant [05288], Whither [0575] went [01980] ye? And he said [0559], To seek [01245] the asses [0860]: and when we saw [07200] that they were no where [0369], we came [0935] to Samuel [08050].
15 And Saul's [07586] uncle [01730] said [0559], Tell [05046] me, I pray thee, what Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto you.
16 And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto his uncle [01730], He told [05046] us plainly [05046] that the asses [0860] were found [04672]. But of the matter [01697] of the kingdom [04410], whereof Samuel [08050] spake [0559], he told [05046] him not.
1 Then Samuel [08050] took [03947] a vial [06378] of oil [08081], and poured [03332] it upon his head [07218], and kissed [05401] him, and said [0559], Is it not because the LORD [03068] hath anointed [04886] thee to be captain [05057] over his inheritance [05159]?
25 And when they were come down [03381] from the high place [01116] into the city [05892], Samuel communed [01696] with Saul [07586] upon the top of the house [01406].
26 And they arose early [07925]: and it came to pass about the spring [05927] of the day [07837], that Samuel [08050] called [07121] Saul [07586] to the top of the house [01406], saying [0559], Up [06965], that I may send thee away [07971]. And Saul [07586] arose [06965], and they went out [03318] both [08147] of them, he and Samuel [08050], abroad [02351].
27 And as they were going down [03381] to the end [07097] of the city [05892], Samuel [08050] said [0559] to Saul [07586], Bid [0559] the servant [05288] pass on [05674] before [06440] us, (and he passed on [05674] but stand [05975] thou still a while [03117], that I may shew [08085] thee the word [01697] of God [0430].
18 Then Saul [07586] drew near [05066] to Samuel [08050] in [08432] the gate [08179], and said [0559], Tell [05046] me, I pray thee, where [0335] the seer's [07200] house [01004] is.
19 And Samuel [08050] answered [06030] Saul [07586], and said [0559], I am the seer [07200]: go up [05927] before [06440] me unto the high place [01116]; for ye shall eat [0398] with me to day [03117], and to morrow [01242] I will let thee go [07971], and will tell [05046] thee all that is in thine heart [03824].
20 And as for thine asses [0860] that were lost [06] three [07969] days [03117] ago [03117], set [07760] not thy mind [03820] on them; for they are found [04672]. And on whom is all the desire [02532] of Israel [03478]? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's [01] house [01004]?
21 And Saul [07586] answered [06030] and said [0559], Am not I a Benjamite [01145], of the smallest [06996] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478]? and my family [04940] the least [06810] of all the families [04940] of the tribe [07626] of Benjamin [01144]? wherefore then speakest [01696] thou so [01697] to me?
22 And Samuel [08050] took [03947] Saul [07586] and his servant [05288], and brought [0935] them into the parlour [03957], and made them sit [05414] in the chiefest [07218] place [04725] among them that were bidden [07121], which were about thirty [07970] persons [0376].
23 And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto the cook [02876], Bring [05414] the portion [04490] which I gave [05414] thee, of which I said [0559] unto thee, Set [07760] it by thee.
24 And the cook [02876] took up [07311] the shoulder [07785], and that which was upon it, and set [07760] it before [06440] Saul [07586]. And Samuel said [0559], Behold that which is left [07604] ! set [07760] it before [06440] thee, and eat [0398]: for unto this time [04150] hath it been kept [08104] for thee since I said [0559], I have invited [07121] the people [05971]. So Saul [07586] did eat [0398] with Samuel [08050] that day [03117].
15 Now the LORD [03068] had told [01540] Samuel [08050] in his ear [0241] a [0259] day [03117] before [06440] Saul [07586] came [0935], saying [0559],
16 To morrow [04279] about this time [06256] I will send [07971] thee a man [0376] out of the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144], and thou shalt anoint [04886] him to be captain [05057] over my people [05971] Israel [03478], that he may save [03467] my people [05971] out of the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430]: for I have looked [07200] upon my people [05971], because their cry [06818] is come [0935] unto me.
17 And when Samuel [08050] saw [07200] Saul [07586], the LORD [03068] said [06030] unto him, Behold the man [0376] whom I spake [0559] to thee of! this same shall reign [06113] over my people [05971].
1 Now there was a man [0376] of Benjamin [01144], whose name [08034] was Kish [07027], the son [01121] of Abiel [022], the son [01121] of Zeror [06872], the son [01121] of Bechorath [01064], the son [01121] of Aphiah [0647], a Benjamite [01145], a mighty [01368] man [0376] of power [02428].
2 And he had a son [01121], whose name [08034] was Saul [07586], a choice young man [0970], and a goodly [02896]: and there was not among the children [01121] of Israel [03478] a goodlier [02896] person [0376] than he: from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605] he was higher [01364] than any of the people [05971].
3 And the asses [0860] of Kish [07027] Saul's [07586] father [01] were lost [06]. And Kish [07027] said [0559] to Saul [07586] his son [01121], Take [03947] now one [0259] of the servants [05288] with thee, and arise [06965], go [03212] seek [01245] the asses [0860].
4 And he passed through [05674] mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and passed through [05674] the land [0776] of Shalisha [08031], but they found [04672] them not: then they passed through [05674] the land [0776] of Shalim [08171], and there they were not: and he passed through [05674] the land [0776] of the Benjamites [01145], but they found [04672] them not.
5 And when they were come [0935] to the land [0776] of Zuph [06689], Saul [07586] said [0559] to his servant [05288] that was with him, Come [03212], and let us return [07725]; lest my father [01] leave [02308] caring for the asses [0860], and take thought [01672] for us.
6 And he said [0559] unto him, Behold now, there is in this city [05892] a man [0376] of God [0430], and he is an honourable [03513] man [0376]; all that he saith [01696] cometh [0935] surely to pass [0935]: now let us go [03212] thither; peradventure he can shew [05046] us our way [01870] that we should go [01980].
7 Then said [0559] Saul [07586] to his servant [05288], But, behold, if we go [03212], what shall we bring [0935] the man [0376]? for the bread [03899] is spent [0235] in our vessels [03627], and there is not a present [08670] to bring [0935] to the man [0376] of God [0430]: what have we?
8 And the servant [05288] answered [06030] Saul [07586] again [03254], and said [0559], Behold, I have [04672] here at hand [03027] the fourth part [07253] of a shekel [08255] of silver [03701]: that will I give [05414] to the man [0376] of God [0430], to tell [05046] us our way [01870].
9 (Beforetime [06440] in Israel [03478], when a man [0376] went [03212] to enquire [01875] of God [0430], thus he spake [0559], Come [03212], and let us go [03212] to the seer [07200]: for he that is now [03117] called a Prophet [05030] was beforetime [06440] called [07121] a Seer [07200]
10 Then said [01697] Saul [07586] to his servant [05288], Well [02896] said [0559]; come [03212], let us go [03212]. So they went [03212] unto the city [05892] where the man [0376] of God [0430] was.
11 And as they went up [05927] the hill [04608] to the city [05892], they found [04672] young maidens [05291] going out [03318] to draw [07579] water [04325], and said [0559] unto them, Is [03426] the seer [07200] here?
12 And they answered [06030] them, and said [0559], He is [03426]; behold, he is before [06440] you: make haste [04116] now, for he came [0935] to day [03117] to the city [05892]; for there is a sacrifice [02077] of the people [05971] to day [03117] in the high place [01116]:
13 As soon as ye be come [0935] into the city [05892], ye shall straightway [03651] find [04672] him, before he go up [05927] to the high place [01116] to eat [0398]: for the people [05971] will not eat [0398] until he come [0935], because he doth bless [01288] the sacrifice [02077]; and afterwards [0310] [03651] they eat [0398] that be bidden [07121]. Now therefore get you up [05927]; for about this time [03117] ye shall find [04672] him.
14 And they went up [05927] into [08432] the city [05892]: and when they were come [0935] into the city [05892], behold, Samuel [08050] came out [03318] against [07125] them, for to go up [05927] to the high place [01116].
2 And he had a son [01121], whose name [08034] was Saul [07586], a choice young man [0970], and a goodly [02896]: and there was not among the children [01121] of Israel [03478] a goodlier [02896] person [0376] than he: from his shoulders [07926] and upward [04605] he was higher [01364] than any of the people [05971].