King James Version
1 Samuel 9:3 in the King James Version says “And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, an...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.”
1 Samuel 9:3 · KJV
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. a Benjamite: or, the son of a man of Jemini power: or, substance
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“were lost”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
“his son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of the servants”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“with thee and arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“seek”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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