Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version After they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel talked with Saul on the roof of his house. New Living Translation When they came down from the place of worship and returned to town, Samuel took Saul up to the roof of the house and prepared a bed for him there. English Standard Version And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul on the roof, and he lay down to sleep. Berean Standard Bible And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house. King James Bible And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. New King James Version When they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the top of the house. New American Standard Bible When they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof. NASB 1995 When they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof. NASB 1977 When they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof. Legacy Standard Bible Then they came down from the high place into the city, and Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof. Amplified Bible When they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof [of his house]. Christian Standard Bible Afterward, they went down from the high place to the city, and Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof. Holman Christian Standard Bible Afterward, they went down from the high place to the city, and Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof. American Standard Version And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he came down from the high place to the city and he spoke with Shaul on the roof Brenton Septuagint Translation And he went down from Bama into the city; and they prepared a lodging for Saul on the roof, and he lay down. Contemporary English Version they went down from the place of worship and back into town. A bed was set up for Saul on the flat roof of Samuel's house, Douay-Rheims Bible And they went down from the high place into the town, and he spoke with Saul upon the top of the house: and he prepared a bed for Saul on the top of the house, and he slept. English Revised Version And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then they left the worship site for the city. They spread blankets on the roof for Saul, and he slept there. Good News Translation When they went down from the place of worship to the town, they fixed up a bed for Saul on the roof, International Standard Version When they had come down from the high place into town, Samuel spoke to Saul on the roof. JPS Tanakh 1917 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he spoke with Saul upon the housetop. Literal Standard Version And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaks with Saul on the roof. Majority Standard Bible And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house. New American Bible When they came down from the high place into the city, a mattress was spread for Saul on the roof, NET Bible When they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof. New Revised Standard Version When they came down from the shrine into the town, a bed was spread for Saul on the roof, and he lay down to sleep. New Heart English Bible When they had come down from the high place into the city, they prepared a bed for Saul on the roof, Webster's Bible Translation And when they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. World English Bible When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop. Young's Literal Translation And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Saul Chosen as King…24So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’ ” So Saul dined with Samuel that day. 25And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house. 26They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went outside together.… Cross References Matthew 24:17 Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. Luke 5:19 but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus. Acts 10:9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. Deuteronomy 22:8 If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it. 1 Samuel 9:26 They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, "Get ready, and I will send you on your way!" So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went outside together. 2 Samuel 11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing--a very beautiful woman. Treasury of Scripture And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul on the top of the house. And when 1 Samuel 9:13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. the top Deuteronomy 22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. 2 Samuel 11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. Nehemiah 8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. Jump to Previous Bed City Communed High House Housetop Lay Ready Rest Roof Samuel Saul Sleep Speaketh Spread Talked TopJump to Next Bed City Communed High House Housetop Lay Ready Rest Roof Samuel Saul Sleep Speaketh Spread Talked Top1 Samuel 9 1. Saul despairing to find his father's donkeys6. by the counsel of his servant 11. and direction of young maidens 15. according to God's revelation 18. comes to Samuel 19. Samuel entertains Saul at the feast 25. Samuel, after secret communication, brings Saul on his way (25) And when they were come down.--After the public sacrificial meal at which such signal honours had been shown to the Benjamite stranger and his servant, the prophet-judge detained Saul from continuing his journey homewards, and persuaded him to remain as his guest that night at Ramah. He conducted him to the flat roof of his house, often the favourite locality in the East for quiet conversation or rest, and where frequently the honoured guest was lodged for the night: there the prophet had a long interview with his young guest, The conversation that evening probably did not turn upon the royal dignity, so soon to be conferred on Saul; of that Samuel spoke at length, we know, on the following morning. The solemn words of the old man that evening on the house-top in "Ramah of the Watchers" referred, no doubt, to the sad religious and political decline of the people of God, from which he (Samuel) had laboured, not unsuccessfully, to rescue them, "to the opposition of the heathen nations, the causes of the impotency of Israel to oppose their enemies, the necessity of a religious change in the people, and of a leader thoroughly obedient to the Lord."--Otto von Gerlach, quoted in Lange. It has been suggested that this conversation was the connecting link between that on the height (1Samuel 9:19-20) and the communication which Samuel made to Saul the following morning. The LXX. reads here, instead of "communed with Saul on the top of the house," "they strewed a couch for Saul on the top of the house, and he lay down." But the Chaldee and Syriac Versions agree with the Hebrew text. The strange LXX. variation is apparently a correction. These Greek translators could not understand a conversation of the prophet and Saul taking place in the evening, when the announcement of the crown was made so formally on the following morning. Why did Samuel not tell Saul of God's intention during that evening spent together?Verse 25. - When the feast was over they went down from the high place, and, having entered the city, proceeded to Samuel's dwelling, where he communed with Saul upon the top of the house. The Septuagint has a very probable reading, namely, "And they spread a bed for Saul upon the roof, and he lay down;" but the Syriac and Chaldee agree with the Hebrew. Without communicating to Saul that he was to be king, which was not revealed to him till the next day (1 Samuel 10:1), Samuel might be anxious to impress on Saul's mind the great principles of the theocratic government, and also the nature of the remedies necessary for Israel's recovery from its present misery. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And after they had come downוַיֵּרְד֥וּ (way·yê·rə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend from the high place מֵהַבָּמָ֖ה (mê·hab·bā·māh) Preposition-m, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1116: An elevation into the city, הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement Samuel spoke וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (way·ḏab·bêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue with עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's 5973: With, equally with Saul שָׁא֖וּל (šā·’ūl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the roof of his house. הַגָּֽג׃ (hag·gāḡ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1406: A roof, the top of an altar Links 1 Samuel 9:25 NIV1 Samuel 9:25 NLT 1 Samuel 9:25 ESV 1 Samuel 9:25 NASB 1 Samuel 9:25 KJV 1 Samuel 9:25 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 9:25 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 9:25 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 9:25 French Bible 1 Samuel 9:25 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 9:25 When they were come down (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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