23And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
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And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-27)Providence having at length brought Samuel and Saul together, we have here an account of what passed between them in the gate, at the feast, and in private. I. In the gate of the city; passing through that, Saul found him (1 Sam. 9:18), and, little thinking that he was Samuel himself, asked him the way to Samuel’s house: Tell me where the seer’s house is ; for there he expected to find him. See ho…
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