1 Samuel 9:17 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁷ When Samuel saw Saul, Adonai spoke to him, “Behold, this is the man I told you about. This one will govern My people.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, There is the man of whom I told you. He shall have authority over My people.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And when Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said unto him, Behold, the man of whom I spake to thee! this same shall have authority over my people.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “That’s the man I told you about. That’s the one who will rule my people.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And when Samuel had caught sight of Saul, the Lord said to him: "Behold, the man about whom I spoke to you. This one shall rule over my people."

1 Samuel 9:17 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:19

When evening darkness began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before Yom Shabbat, I commanded the doors to be shut. I further commanded that they should not be opened till after Yom Shabbat. I appointed some of my attendants over the gates so that no burden could enter during Shabbat.

Nehemiah 13:25

So I rebuked them. I cursed them, beat some of their men and pulled their beards. I made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons—or for yourselves.

Jeremiah 32:8

So my uncle’s son Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard as was the word of Adonai, and said to me: “Buy my field, please, which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was the word of Adonai.

Hosea 13:11

I give you a king in My anger, and take him away in My wrath.

Acts 13:21

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

1 Samuel 3:13

For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity that he knew about, because his sons brought a curse on themselves yet he did not rebuke them.

1 Samuel 9:18

Then Saul approached Samuel inside the gate and asked, “Tell me, please, where the seer’s house is?”