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.
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Gill's Exposition
As soon as ye come into the city, ye shall straightway find him,.... By which it seems that the house of Samuel was at that end of it at which they entered; and with which agrees what is observed in…
Barnes' Notes
Before he go up - By this phrase we see that the high place was in the highest part of the city. Like the “house of the god Berith” Jdg 9:46, it was probably the citadel of Ramah. There was connected…
Adam Clarke
He doth bless the sacrifice - He alone can perform the religious rites which are used on this occasion.
Afterwards they eat that be bidden - Among the Arabs, often a large feast is made of sacrificed…
Here, I. Saul, by an ordinary enquiry, is directed to Samuel, Sa1 9:11-14. Gibeah of Saul was not twenty miles from Ramah where Samuel dwelt, and was near to Mizpeh where he often judged Israel, and…
Cambridge Bible
he doth bless the sacrifice Pronounces a blessing or thanksgiving over the sacrificial feast. Cp. Luk 9:16 with Joh 6:11; Mat 26:26.
for about this time Lit. "For as for him now shall ye find him."…
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