1 Samuel 9:11

As they went up the ascent to the city, they met maidens going forth to draw water; and they said to them, Is the seer here?

Darby Translation

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

10And Saul said to his servant, Well said: come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.

12And they answered them and said, He is; behold, he is before thee: make haste now, for he came to-day to the city; for the people have a sacrifice to-day in the high place.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:11And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, when the women came out to draw [water].

Exodus 2:16And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock.

Proverbs 24:15Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste 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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