1 Samuel 9:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Samuel looked at Saul, and the LORD told Samuel, “This is the man I told you about. He's the one who will rule Israel.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:19

I ordered the gates of Jerusalem to be closed on the eve of the Sabbath and not to be opened until after the Sabbath had ended. Then I put some of my own men in charge of the gates to make certain that nothing was brought in on the Sabbath.

Nehemiah 13:25

So in my anger, I called down curses on those men. I had them beaten and even pulled out the hair of some of them. Then I made them promise: In the name of God we solemnly promise not to let our sons and daughters marry foreigners.

Jeremiah 32:8

Hanamel came, just as the LORD had promised. And he said, “Please buy my field near Anathoth in the territory of the Benjamin tribe. You have the right to buy it, and if you do, it will stay in our family.” The LORD had told me to buy it

Hosea 13:11

In my anger, I gave you a king; in my fury, I took him away.

Acts 13:21

but the people demanded a king. So for forty years God gave them King Saul, the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Samuel 3:13

He knew that his sons refused to respect me, and he let them get away with it, even though I said I would punish his family for ever.

1 Samuel 9:18

Saul went over to Samuel in the gateway and said, “A man who can see visions lives here in town. Could you tell me the way to his house?”