1 Samuel 9:19

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray you, where the seer's house is. ¹⁸ Just then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and asked, "Can you please tell me 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 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." 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 drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, Please, 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 in the gate and said, "Tell me where is the house of the seer?" ¹⁸ Forsothe Saul neiyede to Samuel in the myddis of the yate, and seide, Y preye, schewe thou to me, where is the hows of the seere?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the seer: The word roaih literally signifies one who sees; particularly preternatural sights. A seer and a prophet were the same in most cases; only with this difference, the seer was always a prophet, but the prophet was not always a seer. A seer seems to imply one who frequently met with and saw some symbolical representation of God. All prophets, true or false, profess to see God - see Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16. Jeremiah 14:4, and diviners, in their enthusiastic flights, boasted that they had those things exhibited to their sight which should come to pass.

and will tell: John 4:29, 1 Corinthians 14:25

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
And Noah was 500 years old: And Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
Forsothe Noe whanne he was of fyue hundrid yeer gendride Sem, Cham, and Jafeth.

Genesis 5:32
And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer,.... For he supposed, by inquiring for his house, that his business was with him; wherefore this he said, not as boasting of his character and office, or in the pride and vanity of his mind, but merely for information sake:

go up before me unto the high place; instead of returning home with him, he invited him to go to the place of feasting, as the Targum, whither he was going to partake of the entertainment there; and he bids him go before him, either because he was an old man, and could not go his pace, or he had business to do by the way, or this was in honour to Saul, whom he knew was to be king of Israel:

for ye shall eat with me today; he and his servant, at the public feast: he insisted upon his dining, or it may be rather supping with him:

and tomorrow I will let thee go; for it being in the evening when this feast was, he could not depart that night, but must stay till morning, and then he promised to dismiss him:

and will tell thee all that is in thine heart; answer all questions he had in his mind to ask him, for which he came into the city, and inquired for his house. The Jews l have a tradition that it was in the heart of Saul that he should be a king, having in a vision seen himself placed on the top of a palm tree, which was a sign of royalty, and this Samuel told him.

l Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 75. G.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 9:19. I am the seer — This declaration would prepare Saul for the communications afterwards made.