"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 da…" — 1 Samuel 9:19

1 Samuel 9:19 · KJV

“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.”

— 1 Samuel 9:19

Verse 18

Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house {is}.

Verse 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? {three...: Heb. to day three days}

1 Samuel 9 — Context

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. {reign over: Heb. restrain in}

Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house {is}.

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.

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? {so...: Heb. according to this word}

Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:25

And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on {his} face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.

John 4:29

Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

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