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24 So the cook picked up the leg and thigh[a] and laid it in front of Saul. Samuel said, “This was kept in order to be laid in front of you. Eat it. When I invited people to the feast, I set it aside for you.”[b] Saul ate with Samuel that day.

25 Then they left the worship site for the city. They spread blankets on the roof for Saul, and he slept there.[c]

26 At dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get up! It’s time for me to send you away.” Saul got up, and both he and Samuel went outside.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:24 Hebrew meaning uncertain.
  2. 1 Samuel 9:24 Hebrew meaning of this sentence uncertain.
  3. 1 Samuel 9:25 Greek; Masoretic Text reads “. . . for the city, and he spoke with Saul on the roof, and they got up early.”

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