I. SamueEn IX. 25.

ll And as thep +went_up the_¢ hill_ to the city, thep found young_maidens going_out to draw =water, and said un- to them, “Is the seer here?”
1 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 :
13 As_soon_as ye be_come_into the city, ye shall_straightway find him, be- fore he 'go_up to the high_place to eat : for the people will not eat until he come, because he ‘doth_bless the sacri- fice; and afterwards they teat «that be_ bidden. Now therefore -get_you_up: for about this time ye shall_find him.”
14 And they went_up into the city: and when thep +were_come into ,‘the city, behold, Samuél+came_out against them, for to go_up to the high_place.
15 Now ! the Lorp had_r told Samuél tn his rear oa day before Saul came, saying, 3
16 “ To_morrow about this time I will_ send thee a ‘man out_of the_land_of Benjamin, and thou sshalt_anoint him to be ‘captain over My people Israél, that he -may_save My -people out_of the_hand_of the Philistines: for I shave_looked_upon My «people, because their cry -is_come unto Me.” |_ 17 And when Samuél saw
Lorp said unto him, “ Behold the ‘man whom I spake to thee of! this_same shall_re reign over My people.”
18 Then Saul drew_near_to -Samuél in tthe gate, and said, “-Tell me, I_ pray_thee, where the seer’s house is.”
19 And Samuél answered Saul, and said, “£ 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.
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 Israél? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house ?”
21 And Saul answered and said, “Am not £ a Benjamite, of the_smallest_of the_tribes_of Israél? and my family the least of all the_families_of the_ tribe_of Benjamin? wherefore then *speakest thou 2¢so to me?”
= And Samuél took -Saul and his y «servant, and brought them into the e parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among x+them_that were_ bidden, «which were about thirty persons.
3 And Samuél said unto the cook, “-Bring «the p portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, “-Set it by thee.”
24 And the cook took_up -the shoul- der, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, “Behold that which_is_rleft? -set it before thee, and -eat: for unto this stime +hath_it_been_kept for thee since_ I_said, I -have_invited_the people.” So Saul did_eat with Samuél that xday.
2 And when they were_come_down from the high_place into the city,
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J. Jehovah.
r. revealed
in the-ear_ |
of. o. one. i. ish.
7. or leader. |
i. ish.
re. restrain
my people. |
at. the. midst_of.
h. heart.
21. Judg. 20. 46-48 ; 21. 14. Ps. 6&8. 27.
ae. accord-
ing to this word.
24. Lev. 7. 32, | Ss. |
r. reserved. 8. set_time.
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