1 Samuel 9:27

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

Bid the servant: 1 Samuel 20:38, 1 Samuel 20:39, John 15:14, John 15:15

a while: Heb. to-day

that I may: 1 Samuel 15:16, 2 Kings 9:5, 2 Kings 9:6

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:16 - matter

Cross-References

Genesis 9:9
"Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you,

Genesis 9:9
And I, look, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Genesis 9:9
"Now I am making my agreement with you and your people who will live after you,

Genesis 9:9
"Look! I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you

Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Genesis 9:9
"As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,

Genesis 9:9
"Now behold, I am establishing My covenant (binding agreement, solemn promise) with you and with your descendants after you

Genesis 9:9
Y schal make my couenaunt with you, and with your seed after you,

Genesis 9:9
`And I, lo, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,

Genesis 9:9
"Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as they were going down to the end of the city,.... That end of it that led the way to the place where Saul was going. As this city was built on an hill, going to the end of it was a declivity, a descent:

Samuel said to Saul, bid the servant pass on before us; being another man's servant, he did not choose of himself to bid him go on, but desired his master to order him to go before them, that he might not hear what Samuel had to say to Saul, or see what he did unto him; for as the choice of Saul to be king was to be declared by lot, as coming from the Lord, all those precautions were taken of rising early, and going abroad, and sending the servant before them, that it might not be thought that Samuel did this of himself:

and he passed on; his master bidding him:

but stand thou still a while; that he might hear the better, and more attentively than in walking; such a posture was most fitting also for what was to be done, anointing him with oil:

that I may show thee the word of God: tell him more of the mind of God concerning his being king, and declare more fully the word, will, and decree of God about that matter, by an action which would put it out of all doubt that he was the man God designed to be king, as in the following chapter.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 9:27. As they were going down — So it appears that Saul arose immediately, and Samuel accompanied him out of the town, and sent the servant on that he might show Saul the word - the counsel or design, of the Lord. What this was we shall see in the 1 Samuel 10:0.