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Then you’ll go on further from there and come to the oak at Tabor. There three men going up to the Lord at Bethel will meet you. One will be herding[a] three young goats, one will be carrying three loaves of bread, and one will be carrying a bottle[b] of wine. They’ll greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you’re to accept from them.

“After that you will come to Gibeath-elohim[c] where the Philistine garrison is. As you arrive there at the town, you’ll meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre being played in front of them, and they’ll be prophesying.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:3 Lit. carrying
  2. 1 Samuel 10:3 Lit. skin
  3. 1 Samuel 10:5 Or the hill of God

“Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to worship God at Bethel(A) will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine. They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread,(B) which you will accept from them.

“After that you will go to Gibeah(C) of God, where there is a Philistine outpost.(D) As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets(E) coming down from the high place(F) with lyres, timbrels,(G) pipes(H) and harps(I) being played before them, and they will be prophesying.(J)

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