1 Samuel 9:18 - Printer Friendly

ESV: Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, “Tell me where is the house of the seer?”

NIV: Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, 'Would you please tell me where the seer's house is?'

NASB: Then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and said, 'Please tell me where the seer’s house is.'

CSB: Saul approached Samuel in the city gate and asked, "Would you please tell me where the seer's house is? "

NLT: Just then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and asked, 'Can you please tell me where the seer’s house is?'

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

NKJV: Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, “Please tell me, where is the seer’s house?”

First Samuel introduces the key figures who led Israel after the era of the judges. The books of 1 and 2 Samuel were originally part of a single text, split in certain translations shortly before the birth of Christ. Some of the Bible’s most famous characters are depicted in this book. These including the prophet Samuel, Israel’s first king, Saul, her greatest king, David, and other famous names such as Goliath and Jonathan. By the end of this book, Saul has fallen; the book of 2 Samuel begins with David’s ascension to the throne.

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