“Suppose we do go,” Saul said to his servant, “what do we take the man? The food from our packs is gone, and there’s no gift to take to the man of God.(A) What do we have?”

The servant answered Saul, “Here, I have a little[a] silver. I’ll give it to the man of God, and he will tell us which way we should go.”

Formerly in Israel, a man who was going to inquire of God would say, “Come, let’s go to the seer,” for the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:8 Lit a quarter of a shekel (about a tenth of an ounce)

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