1 Samuel 9:17

New Living Translation

When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, “That’s the man I told you about! He will rule my people.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:19

Then I commanded that the gates of Jerusalem should be shut as darkness fell every Friday evening, not to be opened until the Sabbath ended. I sent some of my own servants to guard the gates so that no merchandise could be brought in on the Sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:25

So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.

Jeremiah 32:8

Then, just as the Lord had said he would, my cousin Hanamel came and visited me in the prison. He said, “Please buy my field at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else, so buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that the message I had heard was from the Lord.

Hosea 13:11

In my anger I gave you kings, and in my fury I took them away.

Acts 13:21

Then the people begged for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.

1 Samuel 3:13

I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them.

1 Samuel 9:18

Just then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and asked, “Can you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”