1 Samuel 9:3 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 9:3

One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the asses of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

KJV

And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 4 (604)

Kish, who is called harsh, signifies not only his elect, but also the Redeemer himself. For no one was harsher toward himself than he. For the prophet, indicating the severity of this harshness, says: "Truly he himself bore our infirmities, and he himself carried our sorrows" (Isa. 53:4). For to die is not to suffer for mortals, who are subject to the suffering of a condemned nature.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But his obedience to his father in it was very commendable. Seest thou a man diligent in his business, and dutiful to his superiors, willing to stoop and willing to take pains? he does as Saul stand fair for preferment. The servant of Kish would be faithful only as a servant, but Saul as a son, in his own business, and therefore he was sent with him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The asses of Kish - were lost - What a wonderful train of occurrences were connected in order to bring Saul to the throne of Israel! Every thing seems to go on according to the common course of events, and yet all conspired to favor the election of a man to the kingdom who certainly did not come there by the approbation of God. Asses grow to great perfection in the East; and at this time, as there were no horses in Judea, they were very useful; and on them kings and princes rode.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּאבַ֙דְנָה֙	va.to.Vad.nah	and they were lost	H6 →
הָאֲתֹנ֔וֹת	ha.'a.to.Not	the she-asses	H860 →
לְקִ֖ישׁ	le.Kish	of Kish	H7027 →
אֲבִ֣י	'a.Vi	[the] father of	H1 →
שָׁא֑וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
קִ֜ישׁ	kish	Kish	H7027 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
שָׁא֣וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
בְּנ֗וֹ	be.No	son his	H1121 →
קַח־	kach-	take	H3947 →
נָ֤א	na'	please	H4994 →
אִתְּךָ֙	'i.te.Kha	with you	H854 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אַחַ֣ד	'a.Chad	one	H259 →
מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים	me.ha.ne.'a.Rim	from the young men	H5288 →
וְק֣וּם	ve.Kum	and arise	H6965 →
לֵ֔ךְ	Lekh	go	H1980 →
בַּקֵּ֖שׁ	ba.Kesh	seek	H1245 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאֲתֹנֹֽת׃	ha.'a.to.Not	the she-asses	H860 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Judges 5:10
You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
leads to
- Judges 12:14
  He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Judges 10:4
  He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
- Psalms 105:2
  Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
Through
1 Samuel 10:2
When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:3–5
  One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
- Genesis 35:19–20
  So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Through
Judges 10:4
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
leads to
- Numbers 32:41
  Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
- Deuteronomy 3:14
  Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this…
- Judges 5:10
  You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

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Where the connections lead

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About 1 Samuel