1 Samuel 9:17

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?

Bible Verse Review
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Behold: 1 Samuel 16:6-12, Hosea 13:11

reign over: Heb. restrain in, 1 Samuel 3:13, 2 Samuel 23:6, 2 Samuel 23:7, Nehemiah 13:19, Nehemiah 13:25, Acts 13:21, Romans 13:3, Romans 13:4

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 9:15 - the Lord 1 Samuel 16:12 - And the Lord 2 Samuel 21:6 - whom the Lord did choose Proverbs 8:15 - By Jeremiah 32:8 - Then I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Samuel saw Saul,.... Who could not but take notice of him for his height, and which might give him a suspicion he was the man the Lord had spoken of to him; and the rather, because this was the exact time in which he was to be sent to him, and therefore he fixed his eyes upon him: and that he might be assured it was he, and be left at no uncertainty about it,

the Lord said unto him; by a still small voice, or by an impulse upon his mind:

behold the man whom I spake to thee of; yesterday, this is he:

this same shall reign over my people; be their king, as they have desired: or "shall restrain" k them, keep them in due bounds, in the discharge of their duty to God and man; and keep them from doing that which is evil, or walking in evil ways, which is the business of a good king; or who shall restrain them from having their own will, but shall rule over them in an absolute manner, according to his own arbitrary will and pleasure.

k יעצר "cohibebit", Montanus; "continebit", Tigurine version; "retinebit", Drusius; i.e. "coercebit", Piscator.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 9:17. Behold the man whom I spake to thee of — What an intimate communion must Samuel have held with his God! A constant familiarity seems to have existed between them.