Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, “Please tell me, where is the seer’s house?”
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Saul approached Samuel in the gateway, and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
- KJV Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is.
- BSB Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
- NASB Then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
- NLT Just then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and asked, “Can you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
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Saul approaches Samuel at the gate and asks where the seer's house is.
Overview
Unaware that he is speaking to the very prophet he seeks, Saul asks for directions. The irony heightens the sense of God's hidden guidance throughout the encounter. Saul stands before his future and does not yet know it.
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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