1 Samuel 9:11

They were going up the ascent of the city, when they found young women, coming out to draw water,—so they said unto these, Is, the seer, in this place?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 unto his young man, Good, is thy word, come! let us go! So they went unto the city, where the man of God was.

12And the young women answered them and said: He is, lo! before you now, even as, to-day, hath he entered 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, against the well of water,—at the time of evening, at the time of the coming forth of the women that drew water,

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

Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous,—neither destroy thou his place of rest;

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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