1 Samuel 9:12

They answered them, and said, “He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place.

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WEBBE

They answered them and said, “He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place.

BSB

“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.

KJV

And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

ASV

And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before thee: make haste now, for he is come to-day into the city; for the people have a sacrifice to-day in the high place.

BBE

And they said, He is; in fact he is before you: go quickly now, for he has come into the town today, for the people are making an offering in the high place today:

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וַתַּעֲנֶינָה va·ta·'a·nei·nah and they answered H6030 אוֹתָם 'o·tam (marks the object) them H853 וַתֹּאמַרְנָה va·to·mar·nah and they said H559 יֵּשׁ yesh there is H3426 הִנֵּה hi·neh there H2009 לְפָנֶיךָ le·fa·nei·kha (to) before you H6440 מַהֵר ma·her hurry H4116 עַתָּה 'a·tah now H6258 כִּי ki for H3588 הַיּוֹם hai·yom this day H3117 בָּא ba' he has come H935 לָעִיר la·'ir to the city H5892 כִּי ki for H3588 זֶבַח ze·vach a sacrifice H2077 הַיּוֹם hai·yom this day H3117 לָעָם la·'am [belongs] to the people H5971 בַּבָּמָה ba·ba·mah at the high place H1116

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 11–17

The very maid-servants of the city could direct to the prophet. They had heard of the sacrifice, and could tell of the necessity for Samuel's presence. It is no small benefit to live in religious and holy places. And we should always be ready to help those who are seeking after God's prophets. Though God had, in displeasure, granted Israel's request for a king, yet he sends them a man to be captain over them, to save them out of the hand of the Philistines. He does it, listening graciously to their cry.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.