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1 Samuel 9:16-18
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 9:16-18
English Standard Version
16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, (A)and you shall anoint him to be prince[a] over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. (B)For I have seen[b] my people, because their cry has come to me.” 17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, (C)“Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.” 18 Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, “Tell me where is the house of the seer?”
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- 1 Samuel 9:16 Or leader
- 1 Samuel 9:16 Septuagint adds the affliction of
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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