1 Samuel 9:12

Contextual Overview

¹¹ As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here? ¹¹ As they were climbing the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water. So Saul and his servant asked, "Is the seer here today?" ¹¹ As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? ¹¹ As Saul and the servant were going up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to get water. Saul and the servant asked them, "Is the seer here?" ¹¹ As they were going up the ascent to the town, they met some girls coming out to draw water. They said to them, "Is this where the seer is?" ¹¹ [And] as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here? ¹¹ As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here? ¹¹As 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 (prophet) here?" ¹¹ As they went up the hill to the city, they met young women coming out to draw water and said to them, "Is the seer here?" ¹¹ And whanne thei stieden in to the hiynesse of the citee, thei founden damesels goynge out to drawe watir, and thei seiden to the dameselis, Whether the seere is here?

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sacrifice: or, feast, 1 Samuel 16:2, Genesis 31:54, Deuteronomy 12:6, Deuteronomy 12:7, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Corinthians 5:8

the high place: 1 Kings 3:2-4, 1 Chronicles 16:39

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:9 - a sucking 1 Samuel 16:3 - call Jesse 1 Samuel 20:6 - sacrifice 1 Corinthians 10:18 - are

Cross-References

Genesis 9:17
God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."

Genesis 9:17
And God said to Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.

Genesis 9:17
So God said to Noah, "The rainbow is a sign of the agreement that I made with all living things on earth."

Genesis 9:17
So God said to Noah, "This is the guarantee of the covenant that I am confirming between me and all living things that are on the earth."

Genesis 9:17
And God said to Noah, This [is] the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.

Genesis 9:17
God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."

Genesis 9:17
And God said to Noah, "This [rainbow] is the sign of the covenant (solemn pledge, binding agreement) which I have established between Me and all living things on the earth."

Genesis 9:17
And God seide to Noe, This schal be a signe of boond of pees, which Y made bitwixe me and ech fleisch on erthe.

Genesis 9:17
And God saith unto Noah, `This [is] a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.'

Genesis 9:17
So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and all living things on the earth."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they answered them, and said, he is,.... That is, he is in the city, at home, and to be spoken with:

behold, he is before you; his house is straight before you as you go along, you cannot miss of it. Some Jewish writers say f they gave a token to know it by, that there was a cloud at the door, and when they saw that, they might know it was the seer's house:

haste now, for he came today to the city; from the suburbs to it, or from his country house, or from the other Ramah, for there were two of them, one over against the other, see 1 Samuel 1:1, for that he was just now come off a circuit, is not so probable, since he was now old, and past riding his circuits; and indeed the meaning may be no more than as it may be rendered, "today he comes into the city" g; that is, he comes out of his own house into the city, and was then just coming out; so that, if they made haste, they might meet him in the street before he got to the place of sacrifice and feasting:

for there is a sacrifice of the people today in the high place; whether it was the new moon, or some festival they observed, though the tabernacle was not there, is not certain; at which, besides the offerings required, freewill offerings and peace offerings were brought by the people, on part of which they feasted with their friends; and very probably, as Samuel was acquainted by the Lord that he who was to be king of Israel would be with him that day, he might add to the sacrifices of the people, to make the entertainment the more grand and liberal; since he had a principal concern in ordering the guests, and dividing the portions, as well as blessing the food, which indeed he might take upon him, as being judge, priest, and prophet: this was an high place where this sacrifice or feast was; for Shiloh being destroyed, and the tabernacle removed elsewhere, and that being in one place, and the ark in another, and they not together, no distinction of places was made, none being yet chosen, all were fit; and particularly high places, which were always reckoned the most proper for divine service and sacrifice.

f Midrash Schemuel & Pesikta apud Abarbinel in loc. g בא "venit", Pagninus, Montanus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 9:12. He came to-day to the city — Though Samuel lived chiefly in Ramah, yet he had a dwelling in the country, at a place called Naioth, where it is probable there was a school of the prophets. See 1 Samuel 19:18-24.

A sacrifice of the people — A great feast. The animals used were first sacrificed to the Lord; that is, their blood was poured out before him; and then all the people fed on the flesh. By high place probably Samuel's altar is alone meant; which no doubt was raised on an eminence.