1 Samuel 9:11

As they went up the ascent to the city, they find damsels come out to draw water, and they say to them, Is the seer here?

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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 and let us go: and they went to the city where the man of God was.

12And the virgins answered them, and they say to them, He is: behold, he is before you: now he is coming to the city, because of the day, for today there is a sacrifice for the people in Bama.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:11And he rested his camels without the city by the well of water toward evening, when damsels go forth to draw water.

Exodus 2:16And the priest of Midian had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jethro; and they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jethro.

Proverbs 24:15Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: 1 Neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly. 1

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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