King James Version
1 Samuel 9:15 in the King James Version says “Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, told: Heb. revealed the ear of Samuel” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, told: Heb. revealed the ear of Samuel”
1 Samuel 9:15 · KJV
As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. this time: Heb. to day
And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, told: Heb. revealed the ear of Samuel
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. reign over: Heb. restrain in
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“had told”
H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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