KJV_Strongs(i)
1
H376
Now there was a man
H1144
of Benjamin
H8034
, whose name
H7027
was Kish
H1121
, the son
H22
of Abiel
H1121
, the son
H6872
of Zeror
H1121
, the son
H1064
of Bechorath
H1121
, the son
H647
of Aphiah
H1145
, a Benjamite
H1368
, a mighty
H376
man
H2428
of power.
2
H1121
And he had a son
H8034
, whose name
H7586
was Saul
H970
, a choice young man
H2896
, and a goodly
H1121
: and there was not among the children
H3478
of Israel
H2896
a goodlier
H376
person
H7926
than he: from his shoulders
H4605
and upward
H1364
he was higher
H5971
than any of the people.
3
H860
And the asses
H7027
of Kish
H7586
Saul's
H1
father
H6
were lost
[H8799]
H7027
. And Kish
H559
said
[H8799]
H7586
to Saul
H1121
his son
H3947
, Take
[H8798]
H259
now one
H5288
of the servants
H6965
with thee, and arise
[H8798]
H3212
, go
[H8798]
H1245
seek
[H8761]
H860
the asses.
4
H5674
And he passed through
[H8799]
H2022
mount
H669
Ephraim
H5674
, and passed through
[H8799]
H776
the land
H8031
of Shalisha
H4672
, but they found
[H8804]
H5674
them not: then they passed through
[H8799]
H776
the land
H8171
of Shalim
H5674
, and there they were not: and he passed through
[H8799]
H776
the land
H1145
of the Benjamites
H4672
, but they found
[H8804]
them not.
5
H935
And when they were come
[H8804]
H776
to the land
H6689
of Zuph
H7586
, Saul
H559
said
[H8804]
H5288
to his servant
H3212
that was with him, Come
[H8798]
H7725
, and let us return
[H8799]
H1
; lest my father
H2308
leave
[H8799]
H860
caring for the asses
H1672
, and take thought
[H8804]
for us.
6
H559
And he said
[H8799]
H5892
unto him, Behold now, there is in this city
H376
a man
H430
of God
H3513
, and he is an honourable
[H8737]
H376
man
H1696
; all that he saith
[H8762]
H935
cometh
[H8799]
H935
surely to pass
[H8800]
H3212
: now let us go
[H8799]
H5046
thither; peradventure he can shew
[H8686]
H1870
us our way
H1980
that we should go
[H8804]
.
7
H559
Then said
[H8799]
H7586
Saul
H5288
to his servant
H3212
, But, behold, if we go
[H8799]
H935
, what shall we bring
[H8686]
H376
the man
H3899
? for the bread
H235
is spent
[H8804]
H3627
in our vessels
H8670
, and there is not a present
H935
to bring
[H8687]
H376
to the man
H430
of God: what have we?
8
H5288
And the servant
H6030
answered
[H8800]
H7586
Saul
H3254
again
[H8686]
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H4672
, Behold, I have
[H8738]
H3027
here at hand
H7253
the fourth part
H8255
of a shekel
H3701
of silver
H5414
: that will I give
[H8804]
H376
to the man
H430
of God
H5046
, to tell
[H8689]
H1870
us our way.
9
H6440
(Beforetime
H3478
in Israel
H376
, when a man
H3212
went
[H8800]
H1875
to enquire
[H8800]
H430
of God
H559
, thus he spake
[H8804]
H3212
, Come
[H8798]
H3212
, and let us go
[H8799]
H7200
to the seer
[H8802]
H3117
: for he that is now
H5030
called a Prophet
H6440
was beforetime
H7121
called
[H8735]
H7200
a Seer
[H8802]
.)
10
H1697
Then said
H7586
Saul
H5288
to his servant
H2896
, Well
H559
said
[H8799]
H3212
; come
[H8798]
H3212
, let us go
[H8799]
H3212
. So they went
[H8799]
H5892
unto the city
H376
where the man
H430
of God was .
11
H5927
And as they went up
[H8802]
H4608
the hill
H5892
to the city
H4672
, they found
[H8804]
H5291
young maidens
H3318
going out
[H8802]
H7579
to draw
[H8800]
H4325
water
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H3426
unto them, Is
H7200
the seer
[H8802]
here?
12
H6030
And they answered
[H8799]
H559
them, and said
[H8799]
H3426
, He is
H6440
; behold, he is before
H4116
you: make haste
[H8761]
H935
now, for he came
[H8804]
H3117
to day
H5892
to the city
H2077
; for there is a sacrifice
H5971
of the people
H3117
to day
H1116
in the high place:
13
H935
As soon as ye be come
[H8800]
H5892
into the city
H3651
, ye shall straightway
H4672
find
[H8799]
H5927
him, before he go up
[H8799]
H1116
to the high place
H398
to eat
[H8800]
H5971
: for the people
H398
will not eat
[H8799]
H935
until he come
[H8800]
H1288
, because he doth bless
[H8762]
H2077
the sacrifice
H310
; and afterwards
H3651
H398
they eat
[H8799]
H7121
that be bidden
[H8803]
H5927
. Now therefore get you up
[H8798]
H3117
; for about this time
H4672
ye shall find
[H8799]
him.
14
H5927
And they went up
[H8799]
H8432
into
H5892
the city
H935
: and when they were come
[H8802]
H5892
into the city
H8050
, behold, Samuel
H3318
came out
[H8802]
H7125
against
[H8800]
H5927
them, for to go up
[H8800]
H1116
to the high place.
15
H3068
Now the LORD
H1540
had told
[H8804]
H8050
Samuel
H241
in his ear
H259
a
H3117
day
H6440
before
H7586
Saul
H935
came
[H8800]
H559
, saying
[H8800]
,
16
H4279
To morrow
H6256
about this time
H7971
I will send
[H8799]
H376
thee a man
H776
out of the land
H1144
of Benjamin
H4886
, and thou shalt anoint
[H8804]
H5057
him to be captain
H5971
over my people
H3478
Israel
H3467
, that he may save
[H8689]
H5971
my people
H3027
out of the hand
H6430
of the Philistines
H7200
: for I have looked
[H8804]
H5971
upon my people
H6818
, because their cry
H935
is come
[H8804]
unto me.
17
H8050
And when Samuel
H7200
saw
[H8804]
H7586
Saul
H3068
, the LORD
H6030
said
[H8804]
H376
unto him, Behold the man
H559
whom I spake
[H8804]
H6113
to thee of! this same shall reign
[H8799]
H5971
over my people.
18
H7586
Then Saul
H5066
drew near
[H8799]
H8050
to Samuel
H8432
in
H8179
the gate
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H5046
, Tell
[H8685]
H335
me, I pray thee, where
H7200
the seer's
[H8802]
H1004
house is .
19
H8050
And Samuel
H6030
answered
[H8799]
H7586
Saul
H559
, and said
[H8799]
H7200
, I am the seer
[H8802]
H5927
: go up
[H8798]
H6440
before
H1116
me unto the high place
H398
; for ye shall eat
[H8804]
H3117
with me to day
H1242
, and to morrow
H7971
I will let thee go
[H8765]
H5046
, and will tell
[H8686]
H3824
thee all that is in thine heart.
20
H860
And as for thine asses
H6
that were lost
[H8802]
H7969
three
H3117
days
H3117
ago
H7760
, set
[H8799]
H3820
not thy mind
H4672
on them; for they are found
[H8738]
H2532
. And on whom is all the desire
H3478
of Israel
H1
? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's
H1004
house?
21
H7586
And Saul
H6030
answered
[H8799]
H559
and said
[H8799]
H1145
, Am not I a Benjamite
H6996
, of the smallest
H7626
of the tribes
H3478
of Israel
H4940
? and my family
H6810
the least
H4940
of all the families
H7626
of the tribe
H1144
of Benjamin
H1696
? wherefore then speakest
[H8765]
H1697
thou so to me?
22
H8050
And Samuel
H3947
took
[H8799]
H7586
Saul
H5288
and his servant
H935
, and brought
[H8686]
H3957
them into the parlour
H5414
, and made them sit
[H8799]
H7218
in the chiefest
H4725
place
H7121
among them that were bidden
[H8803]
H7970
, which were about thirty
H376
persons.
23
H8050
And Samuel
H559
said
[H8799]
H2876
unto the cook
H5414
, Bring
[H8798]
H4490
the portion
H5414
which I gave
[H8804]
H559
thee, of which I said
[H8804]
H7760
unto thee, Set
[H8798]
it by thee.
24
H2876
And the cook
H7311
took up
[H8686]
H7785
the shoulder
H7760
, and that which was upon it, and set
[H8799]
H6440
it before
H7586
Saul
H559
. And Samuel said
[H8799]
H7604
, Behold that which is left
[H8737]
H7760
! set
[H8798]
H6440
it before
H398
thee, and eat
[H8798]
H4150
: for unto this time
H8104
hath it been kept
[H8803]
H559
for thee since I said
[H8800]
H7121
, I have invited
[H8804]
H5971
the people
H7586
. So Saul
H398
did eat
[H8799]
H8050
with Samuel
H3117
that day.
25
H3381
And when they were come down
[H8799]
H1116
from the high place
H5892
into the city
H1696
, Samuel communed
[H8762]
H7586
with Saul
H1406
upon the top of the house.
26
H7925
And they arose early
[H8686]
H5927
: and it came to pass about the spring
[H8800]
H7837
of the day
H8050
, that Samuel
H7121
called
[H8799]
H7586
Saul
H1406
to the top of the house
H559
, saying
[H8800]
H6965
, Up
[H8798]
H7971
, that I may send thee away
[H8762]
H7586
. And Saul
H6965
arose
[H8799]
H3318
, and they went out
[H8799]
H8147
both
H8050
of them, he and Samuel
H2351
, abroad.
27
H3381
And as they were going down
[H8802]
H7097
to the end
H5892
of the city
H8050
, Samuel
H559
said
[H8804]
H7586
to Saul
H559
, Bid
[H8798]
H5288
the servant
H5674
pass on
[H8799]
H6440
before
H5674
us, (and he passed on
[H8798]
H5975
,) but stand
[H8798]
H3117
thou still a while
H8085
, that I may shew
[H8686]
H1697
thee the word
H430
of God.