27And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us,(and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
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Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. …
And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. …
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. …
Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
Commentary
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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