1 Samuel 9:11

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

Leeser Tanakh

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, Thy word is good: 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 you: make haste now, for this day came he to the city; because the people have a sacrifice today on the high-place;

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Cross References

Genesis 24:11And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, at the time that the 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; waste 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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