1 Samuel 9 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And there was a man of Binyamin whose name was Qish, son of Aḇ

² And he had a son whose name was Sha’ul, young and handsome. And there was not a more handsome man than he among the children of Yisra’ĕ

³ And the donkeys of Qish, father of Sha’ul, were lost. And Qish said to his son Sha’ul, “Please take one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.”

⁴ And he passed through the mountains of Ephrayim and through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaʽ

⁵ They came to the land of Tsuph, and Sha’ul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, let us turn back, lest my father stops thinking about the donkeys and become worried about us.”

⁶ And he said to him, “See, there is in this city a man of Elohim, and the man is esteemed. All that he says comes true, without fail. Now, let us go there. It could be that he shows us the way to go.”

⁷ And Sha’ul said to his servant, “But look, if we go, what do we bring the man? For the bread in our bags is all gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of Elohim. What do we have?”

⁸ And the servant answered Sha’ul again and said, “Look, I have here at hand one fourth of a sheqel of silver. And I shall give that to the man of Elohim, and he shall make known to us our way.”

⁹ Formerly, in Yisra’ĕ

¹⁰ And Sha’ul said to his servant, “Your word is good. Come, let us go.” And they went to the city where the man of Elohim was.

¹¹ As they went up the hill to the city, they met some young women going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”

¹² And they answered them and said, “He is. Look, ahead of you. Hurry now, for he came to this city today, for the people have an offering on the high place today.

¹³ “As you come into the city, you are going to find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people do not eat until he comes, for he blesses the slaughtering, afterward they who are invited eat. And now, go up, for you should find him about this time.”

¹⁴ And they went up to the city. They were coming into the midst of the city, and saw Shemu’ĕ

¹⁵ And יהוה  had revealed to Shemu’ĕ

¹⁶ “At this time tomorrow I shall send you a man from the land of Binyamin, and you shall anoint him leader over My people Yisra’ĕ

¹⁷ And when Shemu’ĕ

¹⁸ And Sha’ul drew near to Shemu’ĕ

¹⁹ And Shemu’ĕ

²⁰ “As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your heart on them, for they have been found. And on whom is all the desire of Yisra’ĕ

²¹ And Sha’ul answered and said, “Am I not a Binyamite – of the smallest of the tribes of Yisra’ĕ

²² And Shemu’ĕ

²³ And Shemu’ĕ

²⁴ And the cook brought out the thigh with its upper part and set it before Sha’ul. And Shemu’ĕ

²⁵ And they came down from the high place into the city, and Shemu’ĕ

²⁶ And they rose early. And it came to be about the dawning of the day that Shemu’ĕ

²⁷ As they were walking toward the edge of the city, Shemu’ĕ