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1SA-9:1 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.
1SA-9:2 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.
1SA-9:3 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.
1SA-9:4 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.
1SA-9:5 [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.
1SA-9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, [there is] in this
city a
man of God, and [he is] an honourable 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.
1SA-9:7 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?
1SA-9:8 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.
1SA-9:9 (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.)
1SA-9:10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us
go.
So they went unto the city where the man of God [was].
1SA-9:11 [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?
1SA-9:12 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:
1SA-9:13 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.
1SA-9:14 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.
1SA-9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before
Saul
came, saying,
1SA-9:16 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.
1SA-9:17 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.
1SA-9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said,
Tell
me, I pray thee, where the seer's house [is].
1SA-9:19 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.
1SA-9:20 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?
1SA-9:21 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?
1SA-9:22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them
into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among
them
that were bidden, which [were] about thirty persons.
1SA-9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which
I
gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
1SA-9:24 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.
1SA-9:25 And when they were come down from the high place into
the
city, [Samuel] communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
1SA-9:26 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,
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