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24 So the cook took up the shank and what was on it and put it before Saul, and he[a] said, “Look, the saved portion[b] is placed before you[c]—eat, because it has been kept for you for the appointed time,” and he said,[d] “I have invited the people.” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

25 When they came down from the high place to the town, he spoke with Saul on the roof. 26 They got up early, and as dawn was breaking,[e] Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, “Get up, so that I can send you away.” So Saul got up and the two of them, he and Samuel, went outside.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:24 That is, Samuel
  2. 1 Samuel 9:24 Literally “what was being kept”
  3. 1 Samuel 9:24 Literally “to your face”
  4. 1 Samuel 9:24 Literally “saying”
  5. 1 Samuel 9:26 Literally “as the dawn was going up”