1 Samuel 9:22

Contextual Overview

¹⁸Saul approached Samuel in the city gate and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?” ¹⁸ Then Sha'ul drew near to Shemu'el in the gate, and said, Tell me, Please, where the seer's house is. ¹⁸ Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. ¹⁸ Then Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate and said, "Please tell me, where is the house of the seer?" ¹⁸ Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, "Tell me where is the house of the seer?" ¹⁸ Saul approached Samuel at the gate and said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is." ¹⁸ As Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate, he said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is." ¹⁸Then Saul approached Samuel in the [city] gate and said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is." ¹⁸ Then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is." ¹⁸ Then went Saul to Samuel in the middes of the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the Seers house is.

Bible Verse Review
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in the chiefest: Genesis 43:32, Luke 14:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:34 - was five times

Cross-References

Genesis 9:12
God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

Genesis 9:12
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

Genesis 9:12
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you, and between every living creature that is with you for future generations.

Genesis 9:12
And God said, "This is the sign of the agreement between me and you and every living creature that is with you.

Genesis 9:12
And God said, "This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:

Genesis 9:12
And God said, "This is the token (visible symbol, memorial) of the [solemn] covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations;

Genesis 9:12
God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations;

Genesis 9:12
Then God saide, This is the token of the couenant which I make betweene me and you, and betweene euery liuing thing, that is with you vnto perpetuall generations.

Genesis 9:12
Then God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am giving to be between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;

Genesis 9:12
The rainbow that I have put in the sky will be my sign to you and to every living creature on earth. It will remind you that I will keep this promise forever.

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.