1 Samuel 9:18

Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is.

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Interpretation

Samuel, that good prophet, was so far from envying Saul, or bearing him any ill-will, that he was the first and most forward to do him honour. Both that evening and early the next morning, Samuel communed with Saul upon the flat roof of the house.

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This thought runs through 1 Samuel 9:18-22.

1 Samuel 9:18 1 Samuel 9:19 1 Samuel 9:20 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Samuel 9:22

Glossary

Saul Person: Asked for. (1. ) A king of Edom ( Gen. 36:37 , 38); called Shaul in 1 Chr. 1:48 .
Samuel Person: Heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20 .