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1 Samuel 9:19

in 1 Samuel 9

“I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me unto the high place, for ye shall eat with me to-day: and in the morning I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thy heart.

KJV

And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.

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This verse in 1 Samuel 9

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Samuel knew him before he knew Samuel; thus, though all that are called to the kingdom of glory are brought to know God, yet first they were known of him, Gal. iv.

This site's exposition

Saul approached Samuel in the gateway

on 1 Samuel 9:18-19

Saul does not recognize Samuel and asks him, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is”. Samuel answers, “I am the seer”, and offers more than Saul asked: a meal at his table and word of “all that is in your heart”. The man seeking directions to a house is handed a place at a table and news he did not request.

This site's exposition

I am the seer

Samuel answers a question about a house with a statement about himself. Matthew Henry observes that Samuel knew Saul before Saul knew Samuel. The promise to tell Saul all that is in his heart reaches past the lost donkeys.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Samuel · Written before 735.

proposed

And Samuel answered Saul, saying: I am the seer, etc. John responded, with the Lord bestowing heavenly gifts upon him, saying: I am the friend of the Bridegroom; I am your forerunner; I ought to be baptized by you, who, coming before me, have been …

A commentator

Gregory the Dialogist

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 4 · Written before 604.

proposed

Therefore it is also added: "And Samuel answered Saul, saying: I am the Seer. But go up before me to the high place today, that you may eat with me, and I will send you away in the morning." What does it mean to say, "I am the Seer," except to show himself humble, as he appeared to their eyes? As if to say: In your estimation, the one you seek is great, but the one you see is small. For in this word, "Seer," it is not a title of praise, but "I am."

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

I am the seer - This declaration would prepare Saul for the communications afterwards made.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֨עַןand he answered

    vaiyaanH6030 →331 times

  • שְׁמוּאֵ֜לSamuel

    shemuelH8050 →141 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שָׁא֗וּלSaul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אָנֹכִ֣יI

    ʾanokhiH595 →359 times

  • הָרֹאֶ֔ה[am] the seer

    haroehH7203 →12 times

  • עֲלֵ֤הgo up

    ʾalehH5927 →890 times

  • לְפָנַי֙<to> before me

    lefanaiH6440 →2123 times

  • הַבָּמָ֔הthe high place

    habamahH1116 →102 times

  • וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥םand you will eat

    vaakhaltemH398 →810 times

  • עִמִּ֖יwith me

    ʾimiH5973 →1050 times

  • הַיּ֑וֹםthis day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣יךָand I will send away you

    veshilachtikhaH7971 →845 times

  • בַבֹּ֔קֶרin the morning

    vabokerH1242 →214 times

  • וְכֹ֛לand all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֖[is] in heart your

    bilvavekhaH3824 →252 times

  • אַגִּ֥ידI will tell

    ʾagidH5046 →370 times

  • לָֽךְ׃to <the> you

    lakh

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 14:25

    and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 45:14

      This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…

    • Zechariah 8:23

      This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for…

    • Deuteronomy 9:18

      Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…

  • Through

    John 4:29

    “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

    it leads to

    • Revelation 22:17

      The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

    • 1 Corinthians 14:24–25

      But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,

    • John 4:25

      The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

    • John 1:41–49

      He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

    • John 4:17–18

      “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

Where this verse is studied

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About 1 Samuel

Anointing of David by Samuel, Félix-Joseph Barrias, 1842, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Public domain.
Anointing of David by Samuel, Félix-Joseph Barrias, 1842, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 4; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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