1 Samuel 9:11

As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them: 'Is the seer here?'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 said Saul to his servant: 'Well said; come, let us go.' So they went unto 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 is come to-day into 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 to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

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

Proverbs 24:15Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous, spoil not 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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