Then you shall go on forward from there and come to the terebinth tree of Tabor. There three men going up (A)to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. And they will [a]greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hands. After that you shall come to the hill of God (B)where the Philistine garrison is. And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down (C)from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; (D)and they will be prophesying.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:4 ask you about your welfare

“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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