1 Samuel 9:11

And when they were on the way up to the town, they saw some young girls going out to get water and said to them, Is the seer here?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

10Then Saul said to his servant, You have said well; come, let us go. So they went to the town where the man of God was.

12And they said, He is; in fact he is before you: go quickly now, for he has come into the town today, for the people are making an offering in the high place today:

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Cross References

Genesis 24:11And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.

Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.

Proverbs 24:15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 9:4-11

Saul Seeks His Father's Asses; Saul Goes to Seek Samuel. ( b. c. 1075.) 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. 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. 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph,… Read the whole commentary →

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