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17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, “That’s the man I told you about. That’s the one who will rule[a] my people.”

18 Saul approached Samuel in the city gate and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

19 “I’m the seer,” Samuel told Saul. “Go on ahead of me to the shrine. You can eat with me today. In the morning I’ll send you on your way, and I will tell you everything you want to know.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:17 LXX; Heb uncertain, perhaps restrain or gather (troops); cf 10:1

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