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24 The cook took up the thigh and what went with it[a] and set them before Saul. Samuel said, ‘See, what was kept is set before you. Eat; for it is set[b] before you at the appointed time, so that you might eat with the guests.’[c]

So Saul ate with Samuel that day. 25 When they came down from the shrine into the town, a bed was spread for Saul[d] on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.[e] 26 Then at the break of dawn[f] Samuel called to Saul upon the roof, ‘Get up, so that I may send you on your way.’ Saul got up, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:24 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 1 Samuel 9:24 Q Ms Gk: MT it was kept
  3. 1 Samuel 9:24 Cn: Heb it was kept for you, saying, I have invited the people
  4. 1 Samuel 9:25 Gk: Heb and he spoke with Saul
  5. 1 Samuel 9:25 Gk: Heb lacks and he lay down to sleep
  6. 1 Samuel 9:26 Gk: Heb and they arose early and at break of dawn

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