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Now there was a Benjamite,
a
powerful
man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath
, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin
.
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
.
And he had a son named
Saul, choice and
handsome
, without
equal
among the Israelites—
a head
taller
than any of the people.
And he had a son ,
whose
name
was
Saul, a
choice young
man
, and
a
goodly:
and
there
was
not
among the children
of
Israel
a goodlier
person
than he:
from
his
shoulders
and
upward
he
was
higher
than
any of the people.
One
day
the donkeys
of Saul’s
father
Kish wandered
off,
and Kish said to his son Saul
, “
Take one of the servants and go look
for
the donkeys
. ”
And
the asses
of Kish Saul's
father
were
lost.
And Kish said to Saul
his son, Take now
one of the servants with
thee,
and arise,
go seek
the asses
.
So
Saul
passed through the
hill
country
of
Ephraim and then
through the land of Shalishah
, but did
not find
the
donkeys.
He
and
the
servant
went
through the region
of Shaalim
, but
they were not there.
Then
they
went
through the land of Benjamin
, and
still
they did
not
find
them.
And
he
passed through mount
Ephraim ,
and passed
through the land of Shalisha
, but they
found
them
not :
then
they
passed
through the land
of Shalim
, and
there
they were not :
and
he
passed
through the land of the
Benjamites
, but
they found
them not
.
When they reached
the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “
Come, let us go
back,
or
my father will
stop
worrying
about
the donkeys
and start
worrying
about
us. ”
And
when they were
come
to
the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that
was
with
him
, Come, and
let us return;
lest
my father leave
caring
for
the asses,
and take
thought
for
us.
“Look,”
said the
servant
, “
in this city there
is
a man of God who
is highly
respected
; everything
he says
surely comes
to pass .
Let us go there
now.
Perhaps
he will
tell
us which
way to
go. ”
And
he
said unto
him
, Behold
now,
there
is
in this city a man of God ,
and
he
is an
honorable
man
; all
that
he saith
cometh
surely to pass :
now
let us go thither;
peradventure
he can
show
us our
way that
we
should
go.
“
If we do
go, ”
Saul
replied,
“
what can
we give
the man? For the bread in our packs
is
gone
, and there is no
gift
to take
to the man of God .
What do
we
have? ”
Then
said
Saul
to
his
servant,
But,
behold,
if we go, what shall
we bring
the man? for the bread is
spent
in our vessels
, and there is not
a
present
to bring
to the man of God :
what have we
?
The servant answered him
again .
“Look
, ”
he
said, “
I have here in
my
hand a quarter
shekel of silver .
I
will give it
to the man of God, and
he
will
tell us our way. ”
And
the servant answered Saul
again, and
said, Behold,
I have here at
hand the
fourth
part
of
a shekel of silver :
that
will I
give to the man of God, to
tell us our way.
( Formerly
in Israel, a man on
his
way
to inquire of God would
say
, “
Come, let us go to the seer .”
For the
prophet of
today
was formerly
called the
seer.)
( Beforetime
in Israel, when
a man went
to inquire of God, thus
he
spake,
Come, and
let us go to the seer :
for he
that
is
now
called
a
Prophet was beforetime
called a
Seer.)
“Good,”
said Saul to his servant .
“
Come, let us go. ”
So they set
out
for
the city where the man of God was.
Then
said Saul to his servant ,
Well
said;
come, let us go. So they went
unto
the city where the man of God was.
And as they were
climbing
the hill to the city, they met
some
young women
coming
out to draw water and asked
, “
Is the seer here? ”
And as they went
up
the hill to the city, they found
young maidens
going
out to draw water ,
and said
unto
them
, Is the seer here?
“Yes
, he is ahead
of
you
, ”
they
answered.
“Hurry
now, for today
he has
come
to the city because
the
people
have
a sacrifice on
the high place .
And
they
answered
them
, and
said,
He is ;
behold
, he
is
before
you:
make
haste
now, for he came
to day
to
the city ;
for
there
is
a sacrifice of
the people
to
day
in
the
high place :
As soon as you
enter
the city, you
will
find him before he goes
up to the high place to eat .
The people will not eat until he comes
, because he must
bless the sacrifice; after
that,
the
guests
will
eat. Go
up at
once
; you
will
find him. ”
As soon as ye
be
come
into
the city, ye
shall
straightway
find him ,
before he go
up to the high place to eat :
for
the people will not eat until he come
, because he doth
bless the sacrifice; and
afterwards
they
eat that
be
bidden
. Now
therefore
get
you
up; for
about
this
time
ye
shall
find him.
So
Saul
and his
servant
went up toward
the city ,
and as
they were entering
it
, there
was
Samuel coming
toward
them on
his
way
up to the high place.
And they
went up into
the city :
and when
they were come
into
the
city
, behold,
Samuel came
out
against
them ,
for
to
go
up to the high place.
Now on
the day
before
Saul’s
arrival,
the
LORD had revealed
to
Samuel,
Now the LORD had told
Samuel in
his
ear
a
day
before
Saul
came
, saying,
“At
this time tomorrow
I will send you
a man from
the land of Benjamin, and you
are
to
anoint him leader
over My people Israel ;
he will
save them
from
the hand of the Philistines .
For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has
come to
Me. ”
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.
When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told
him, “Here
is
the man of
whom I spoke;
he
shall rule
over My people. ”
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.
Saul approached
Samuel in the gateway
and asked
, “Would
you
please
tell me where the seer’s
house is ?”
Then
Saul drew
near
to
Samuel in the gate,
and said
, Tell me ,
I
pray
thee,
where the seer's
house is .
“
I am the seer ,”
Samuel
replied.
“
Go up before me to
the high place ,
for you
shall eat with me today.
And when
I send
you
off
in
the
morning
, I
will tell you
all that is in your
heart.
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 to
morrow
I will
let
thee
go
, and
will tell thee
all that is in thine
heart.
As for the
donkeys
you
lost three days ago, do
not worry
about
them ,
for they have
been
found. And upon
whom is all the desire of Israel ,
if
not upon
you
and all your
father’s
house? ”
And
as for thine
asses
that
were
lost three days ago, set
not thy
mind
on
them ;
for they are
found. And on
whom is all the desire of Israel ?
Is
it
not on
thee,
and on
all thy
father's
house?
Saul replied
, “
Am I
not a Benjamite from
the smallest tribe
of Israel ,
and is
not
my clan
the least of all the clans
of Benjamin? So why
would
you
say
such
a
thing
to me? ”
And
Saul answered
and
said
, 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? wherefore
then
speakest
thou
so to me?
Then
Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall
, and seated
them in the place of
honor
among those
who
were invited—
about thirty in
all
.
And
Samuel took Saul and his servant, and
brought them into the parlor
, and made
them sit
in the chiefest
place among them
that
were bidden,
which
were
about thirty persons
.
And Samuel said to
the cook, “
Bring the portion I gave you
and
told
you
to
set aside
. ”
And Samuel said unto
the cook, Bring the portion which
I gave thee,
of
which
I
said
unto
thee,
Set it
by
thee
.
So
the cook picked
up the leg
and what
was attached
to
it and set it before Saul. Then
Samuel said, “Here
is what
was
kept
back.
It
was
set apart
for
you.
Eat
, for it has
been kept for you
for
this
occasion,
from
the
time
I said, ‘
I have invited the people. ’”
So Saul dined
with Samuel that day.
And
the cook took
up the shoulder,
and that
which
was upon
it ,
and set it before Saul. And
Samuel said, Behold
that
which
is left!
set it
before
thee
, and
eat:
for unto
this
time
hath
it been kept for thee
since
I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did
eat
with Samuel that day.
And after
they had
come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke
with Saul on
the roof
of his
house.
And when
they were
come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed
with Saul upon
the top
of the
house.
They got
up
early in
the morning
, and
just
before
dawn
Samuel called to
Saul on
the roof
, “Get
ready
, and
I will
send you
on
your
way!”
So
Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went
outside
together
.
And
they arose
early :
and
it
came
to
pass
about
the spring
of
the
day
, that
Samuel called Saul to
the top
of
the
house
, saying
, Up,
that
I may
send thee
away.
And
Saul arose, and they
went
out
both of
them,
he and Samuel ,
abroad
.
As they were going down to the edge
of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell
the servant to
go
on ahead
of
us, but you
stay
for
a while, and
I will
reveal
to
you
the word of God. ”
So
the
servant
went
on.
And
as they were going down to the end
of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid
the servant pass
on before
us, (and
he
passed
on),
but stand
thou
still
a while, that
I may
show
thee
the word of God.
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