1 Samuel 9:17

New American Bible - revised edition

When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the Lord assured him: This is the man I told you about; he shall govern my people.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:19

When the shadows were falling on the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed and prohibited their reopening until after the sabbath. I posted some of my own people at the gates so that no load might enter on the sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:25

So I reprimanded and cursed them; I beat some of their men and pulled out their hair; and I adjured them by God: “You shall not marry your daughters to their sons nor accept any of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves!

Jeremiah 32:8

And, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard and said, “Please purchase my field in Anathoth, in the territory of Benjamin; as nearest relative, you have the first right of possession—purchase it for yourself.” Then I knew this was the word of the Lord.

Hosea 13:11

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

Acts 13:21

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

1 Samuel 3:13

I announce to him that I am condemning his house once and for all, because of this crime: though he knew his sons were blaspheming God, he did not reprove them.

1 Samuel 9:18

Saul met Samuel in the gateway and said, “Please tell me where the seer lives.”