1 Samuel · Unlocked Literal Bible
1 Samuel 9 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 There was a man from Benjamin, a man of influence. His name was Kish son of Abiel son of Zeror son of Bekorath son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite.
1 Y HABÍA un varón de Benjamín, hombre valeroso, el cual se llamaba Cis, hijo de Abiel, hijo de Seor, hijo de Bechôra, hijo de Aphia, hijo de un hombre de Benjamín.
2 He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no man among the people of Israel who was a more handsome person than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
2 Y tenía él un hijo que se llamaba Saúl, mancebo y hermoso, que entre los hijos de Israel no había otro más hermoso que él; del hombro arriba sobrepujaba á cualquiera del pueblo.
3 Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the servants with you; arise and go look for the donkeys.”
3 Y habíanse perdido las asnas de Cis, padre de Saúl; por lo que dijo Cis á Saúl su hijo: Toma ahora contigo alguno de los criados, y levántate, y ve á buscar las asnas.
4 So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and went through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them.
4 Y él pasó al monte de Ephraim, y de allí á la tierra de Salisa, y no las hallaron. Pasaron luego por la tierra de Saalim, y tampoco. Después pasaron por la tierra de Benjamín, y no las encontraron.
5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, let us go back, or my father may stop caring for the donkeys and begin to worry about us.”
5 Y cuando vinieron á la tierra de Suph, Saúl dijo á su criado que tenía consigo: Ven, volvámonos; porque quizá mi padre, dejado el cuidado de las asnas, estará congojado por nosotros.
6 But the servant said to him, “Listen, there is a man of God in this city. He is a man who is held in honor; everything that he says comes true. Let us go there; maybe he can tell us which way we should go on our journey.”
6 Y él le respondió: He aquí ahora hay en esta ciudad un hombre de Dios, que es varón insigne: todas las cosas que él dijere, sin duda vendrán. Vamos pues allá: quizá nos enseñará nuestro camino por donde hayamos de ir.
7 Then Saul said to his servant, “But if we go, what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sack is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?”
7 Y Saúl respondió á su criado: Vamos ahora: ¿mas qué llevaremos al varón? Porque el pan de nuestras alforjas se ha acabado, y no tenemos qué presentar al varón de Dios: ¿qué tenemos?
8 The servant answered Saul and said, “Here, I have with me one-fourth of a shekel of silver that I will give to the man of God, to tell us which way we should go.”
8 Entonces tornó el criado á responder á Saúl, diciendo: He aquí se halla en mi mano la cuarta parte de un siclo de plata: esto daré al varón de Dios, porque nos declare nuestro camino.
9 (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to seek the knowledge of God's will, he said, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For today's prophet was formerly called a seer.)
9 (Antiguamente en Israel cualquiera que iba á consultar á Dios, decía así: Venid y vamos hasta el vidente: porque el que ahora se llama profeta, antiguamente era llamado vidente).
10 Then Saul said to his servant, “Well said. Come, let us go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.
10 Dijo entonces Saúl á su criado: Bien dices; ea pues, vamos. Y fueron á la ciudad donde estaba el varón de Dios.
11 As they went up the hill to the city, they found young women coming out to draw water; Saul and his servant said to them, “Is the seer here?”
11 Y cuando subían por la cuesta de la ciudad, hallaron unas mozas que salían por agua, á las cuales dijeron: ¿Está en este lugar el vidente?
12 They answered, and said, “He is; see, he is just ahead of you. Hurry up, for he is coming to the city today, because the people are sacrificing today at the high place.
12 Y ellas respondiéndoles, dijeron: Sí; helo aquí delante de ti: date pues priesa, porque hoy ha venido á la ciudad en atención á que el pueblo tiene hoy sacrificio en el alto.
13 As soon as you enter the city you will find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he will bless the sacrifice; afterwards those who are invited will eat. Now go up, for you will find him immediately.”
13 Y cuando entrareis en la ciudad, le encontraréis luego, antes que suba al alto á comer; pues el pueblo no comerá hasta que él haya venido, por cuanto él haya de bendecir el sacrificio, y después comerán los convidados. Subid pues ahora, porque ahora le hallaréis.
14 So they went up to the city. As they were entering the city, they saw Samuel coming out toward them, to go up to the high place.
14 Ellos entonces subieron á la ciudad; y cuando en medio de la ciudad estuvieron, he aquí Samuel que delante de ellos salía para subir al alto.
15 Now the day before Saul came, Yahweh had revealed to Samuel:
15 Y un día antes que Saúl viniese, Jehová había revelado al oído de Samuel, diciendo:
16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you will anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked on my people with pity because their call for help has come to me.”
16 Mañana á esta misma hora yo enviaré á ti un varón de la tierra de Benjamín, al cual ungirás por príncipe sobre mi pueblo Israel, y salvará mi pueblo de mano de los Filisteos: pues yo he mirado á mi pueblo, porque su clamor ha llegado hasta mí.
17 When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh told him, “Here is the man I told you about! He is the one who will rule over my people.”
17 Y luego que Samuel vió á Saúl, Jehová le dijo: He aquí éste es el varón del cual te hablé; éste señoreará á mi pueblo.
18 Then Saul came close to Samuel in the gate and said, “Tell me where is the house of the seer?”
18 Y llegando Saúl á Samuel en medio de la puerta, díjole: Ruégote que me enseñes dónde está la casa del vidente.
19 Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for today you will eat with me. In the morning I will let you go, and I will tell you everything that is on your mind.
19 Y Samuel respondió á Saúl, y dijo: Yo soy el vidente: sube delante de mí al alto, y comed hoy conmigo, y por la mañana te despacharé, y te descubriré todo lo que está en tu corazón.
20 As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. Then on whom are all the desires of Israel set? Is it not on you and all your father's house?”
20 Y de las asnas que se te perdieron hoy ha tres días, pierde cuidado de ellas, porque se han hallado. Mas ¿por quién es todo el deseo de Israel, sino por ti y por toda la casa de tu padre?
21 Saul answered and said, “Am not I a Benjamite, from the smallest of the tribes of Israel? Is not my clan the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this manner?”
21 Y Saúl respondió, y dijo: ¿No soy yo hijo de Benjamín, de las más pequeñas tribus de Israel? Y mi familia ¿[no es] la más pequeña de todas las familias de la tribu de Benjamín? ¿por qué pues me has dicho cosa semejante?
22 So Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them at the head place of those who had been invited, who were about thirty people.
22 Y trabando Samuel de Saúl y de su criado, metiólos en la sala, y dióles lugar á la cabecera de los convidados, que eran como unos treinta hombres.
23 Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion which I gave to you, of which I said to you, 'Put it aside.'”
23 Y dijo Samuel al cocinero: Trae acá la porción que te dí, la cual te dije que guardases aparte.
24 So the cook took up the thigh and what was on it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “See what has been kept is set before you. Eat it, because it has been kept for you until the appointed time, from the time when I said, 'I have invited the people.'” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
24 Entonces alzó el cocinero una espaldilla, con lo que estaba sobre ella, y púsola delante de Saúl. Y [Samuel] dijo: He aquí lo que estaba reservado: ponlo delante de ti, y come; porque de industria se guardó para ti, cuando dije: Yo he convidado al pueblo. Y Saúl comió aquel día con Samuel.
25 When they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the rooftop.
25 Y cuando hubieron descendido del alto á la ciudad, él habló con Saúl en el terrado.
26 Then at the break of dawn, Samuel called to Saul on the rooftop and said, “Get up, so I can send you on your way.” So Saul got up, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.
26 Y [al otro día] madrugaron: y como al apuntar del alba, Samuel llamó á Saúl, [que estaba] en el terrado; y dijo: Levántate, para que te despache. Levantóse luego Saúl, y salieron fuera ambos, él y Samuel.
27 As they were going to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go ahead of us”—and he went ahead—”but you must stay here awhile, that I may announce the message of God to you.”
27 Y descendiendo ellos al cabo de la ciudad, dijo Samuel á Saúl: Di al mozo que vaya delante, (y adelantóse el [mozo]); mas espera tú un poco para que te declare palabra de Dios.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abiel
Named as the father of Kish, Saul's father, and of Ner, Abner's father.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 14:51
Aphiah
The earliest name in the ancestry of Kish, who is called the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9:1
Kish
A Benjaminite man of standing, the father of Israel's first king, Saul.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9:1-3
Saul
Israel's first king, anointed by Samuel but later rejected for his disobedience to God.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9-10; 1 Samuel 15
Zeror
Named in the ancestry of Kish as the son of Becorath and the father of Abiel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9:1
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 14:51; Acts 13:21; 1 Chronicles 9:36–39; 1 Chronicles 8:30–33; 1 Samuel 25:2
- 2 1 Samuel 16:7; 2 Samuel 14:25–26; Genesis 6:2; Numbers 13:33; 1 Samuel 17:4
- 3 Judges 5:10; Judges 10:4; 1 Samuel 10:2
- 4 2 Kings 4:42; Joshua 24:33; Genesis 33:18; Judges 17:1; Judges 19:1
- 5 1 Samuel 10:2; 1 Samuel 1:1; Luke 12:11; Matthew 6:28; Matthew 6:25
- 6 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Timothy 6:11; Deuteronomy 33:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:13; 1 Samuel 3:19–20
- 7 2 Kings 8:8; 1 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 4:42; 2 Kings 5:15; Judges 6:18
- 9 Isaiah 30:10; 1 Chronicles 26:28; 2 Kings 17:13; Amos 7:12; 1 Chronicles 29:29
- 10 2 Kings 5:13–14
- 11 Genesis 24:11; Exodus 2:16; Judges 5:11; Genesis 24:18–20
- 12 Genesis 31:54; 1 Samuel 16:2; 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Kings 3:2–4; 1 Corinthians 5:7–8
- 13 John 6:11; Mark 6:41; Matthew 26:26; 1 Corinthians 10:30; Luke 24:30
- 15 Acts 13:21; 1 Samuel 15:1; Amos 3:7; 2 Samuel 7:27; Job 33:16
- 16 1 Samuel 10:1; Exodus 3:7–9; Psalm 106:44; Psalm 25:18; 1 Samuel 15:1
- 17 Hosea 13:11; Acts 13:21; 1 Samuel 16:6–12; 1 Samuel 3:13; Nehemiah 13:19
- 19 1 Corinthians 14:25; John 4:29
- 20 1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 12:13; 1 Samuel 9:3; 1 Samuel 8:19; Psalm 62:10
- 21 1 Samuel 15:17; Ephesians 3:8; Luke 14:11; Psalm 68:27; Judges 20:46–48
- 22 Genesis 43:32; Luke 14:10
- 23 1 Samuel 1:5; Genesis 43:34
- 24 Ezekiel 24:4; Leviticus 7:32–33; Exodus 29:22; Exodus 29:27; Numbers 18:18
- 25 Deuteronomy 22:8; Acts 10:9; 2 Samuel 11:2; Nehemiah 8:16; Jeremiah 19:13
- 26 Genesis 19:14; Joshua 7:13; Genesis 44:4; Judges 19:28
- 27 John 15:14–15; 2 Kings 9:5–6; 1 Samuel 20:38–39; 1 Samuel 15:16
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And then the union of all these, which is called the Triacontad, they strenuously endeavour to demonstrate by the ark of Noah, the height of which was thirty cubits; by the case of Samuel, who assigned Saul the chief place among thirty guests; by David, when for thirty days he concealed himself in the field; by those who entered along …
And as for Samuel and David, we have it plainly in the Books of the Kingdoms, how by the Holy Ghost they prophesied themselves, and were rulers of the prophets;--and Samuel was called the Seer; and David says distinctly, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and in the Psalms, And take not thy Holy Spirit from me, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)