1 Samuel 9:22

Lutherbibel

Samuel aber nahm Saul und seinen Knecht und führte sie in den Speisesaal und setzte sie obenan unter die, so geladen waren; der waren bei dreißig Mann.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Samuel aber nahm Saul samt seinem Knaben und führte sie in den Saal und setzte sie oben an unter die Geladenen; derer waren bei dreißig Mann.

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Und Samuel nahm Saul und seinen Knaben und f�hrte sie in den Saal, und er gab ihnen einen Platz obenan unter den Geladenen; und es waren ihrer bei drei�ig Mann.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in the chiefest: Genesis 43:32, Luke 14:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:34 - was five times

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour,.... The dining room of the house, which belonged to the high place:

and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden; and who very probably were the principal persons in the city; and yet Saul was placed at the head of them by Samuel, to convince him that what he had said to him was in earnest, and to do him honour before all the people; and for the sake of him, and to show his respect to him, he placed his servant; his minister, also in the chief place with him; what was reckoned the highest and most honourable places at table,

:-. The guests were placed by the master of the feast according to their rank; and the dignity of the person, as Jarchi observes, was known by his manners and place of sitting:

which were about thirty persons; more or less; Josephus n says seventy, disagreeing with the text, the Targum, Syriac and Arabic versions, but agreeing with the Septuagint.

n Antiqu. l. 6. c. 4. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The parlour - The “hall” or “cell” attached to the chapel on the high place, in which the sacrificial feast was accustomed to be held. (Compare 1 Chronicles 9:26.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 9:22. Brought them into the parlour — It might as well be called kitchen; it was the place where they sat down to feast.