ULT 1SA Chapter 9

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9 Now there was a man from Benjamin, and his name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bekorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a man, a Benjaminite, mighty of valor. 2 And a son was to him, and his name was Saul, a youth and good, and no man from the sons of Israel was better than him. From his shoulder and upward he was taller than all of the people. 3 Now the female donkeys of Kish, the father of Saul, became lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, “Please take one of the servants with you and arise, go seek the female donkeys.” 4 And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and he passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, but nothing. And he passed through the land of the Benjaminite, but they did not find them. 5 They came into the land of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, and let us return, lest my father cease from the female donkeys and become concerned about us.” 6 And he said to him, “Behold, please, a man of God is in this city, and the man is honored. All that he speaks, coming, it comes. Now let us go there. Perhaps he will declare to us our way on which we have gone.” 7 And Saul said to his servant, “Now behold, we shall go, but what shall we bring to the man? For the bread has gone from our sacks and there is no gift to bring to the man of God. What is with us?” 8 And the servant resumed to answer Saul, and he said, “Behold, one fourth of a shekel of silver has been found in my hand. And I will give it to the man of God, and he will declare to us our way.” 9 (Previously in Israel, a man said thus in his going to seek God: “Come, and let us go to the seer.” For the prophet today was called the seer previously.) 10 And Saul said to his servant, “Your word is good. Come, let us go.” And they went to the city where the man of God was there. 11 They were going up on the ascent of the city, and they found young women going out to draw water. And they said to them, “Is the seer in this place?” 12 And they answered them and said, “He is, behold, to your face. Hurry now, for he has come to the city today because the sacrifice of the day is to the people at the high place. 13 In your entering the city, thus you will find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat until he comes, for he himself will bless the sacrifice; after this, the invited ones will eat. And now, go up, for him, according to today you will find him.” 14 So they went up to the city. They were entering into the midst of the city, and behold, Samuel was coming out to meet them to go up to the high place. 15 Now Yahweh had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying: 16 “About this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him as ruler over my people Israel. And he will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, for its cry has come to me.” 17 And Samuel saw Saul, and Yahweh answered him, “Behold the man about whom I spoke to you! This one will restrain my people.” 18 And Saul approached Samuel in the midst of the gate. And he said, “Please declare to me, where is this, the house of the seer?” 19 And Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Go up to my face to the high place, and you shall eat with me today. And I will send you away in the morning, and I will declare to you all that is in your heart. 20 Now as for the female donkeys to you having become lost today, three days, do not set your heart to them, for they have been found. Now to whom is all of the desire of Israel? Is it not to you and to all of the house of your father?” 21 And Saul answered and said, “Am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? So why have you spoken to me according to this word?” 22 But Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them to the room. And he gave to them a place at the head of the invited ones. (Now they were about 30 men.) 23 And Samuel said to the cook, “Give the portion that I gave to you, about which I said to you, ‘Set it with you.’ ” 24 And the cook lifted the thigh and the thing on it, and he set it to the face of Saul. And he said, “Behold, the reserved thing is set to your face. Eat, for it has been kept for you for the appointed time, saying, ‘I have invited the people.’ ” So Saul ate with Samuel on that day. 25 And they came down from the high place to the city. And he spoke with Saul on the roof. 26 And they arose early. And it happened, as the dawn came up, that Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, “Arise, and I will send you away.” And Saul arose, and the two of them went out, he and Samuel, to the outside. 27 They were going down to the end of the city, and Samuel said to Saul, “Speak to the servant, that he may pass on to our face” (and he passed on), “but you, stand according to today, and I will make you hear the word of God.”

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