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1 Samuel 9:18

1 Samuel 9:18 is verse 18 of 1 Samuel chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

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King James Version

Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is.

World English Bible

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

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1 Samuel 9:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

17 When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”

18 Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

19 “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.

20 As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”

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