1 Samuel 9:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when they had come down from the high place into the town, where a bed was made ready for Saul, he went to rest.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 22:8 : 8 If you are building a house, make a railing for the roof, so that the blood of any man falling from it will not come on your house.
  • Acts 10:9 : 9 Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
  • Neh 8:16 : 16 And the people went out and got them and made themselves tents, every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the house of God, and in the wide place of the water-doorway, and the wide place of the doorway of Ephraim.
  • Jer 19:13 : 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which they have made unclean, will be like the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs perfumes have been burned to all the army of heaven, and drink offerings drained out to other gods.
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.

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  • 1 Sam 9:26-27
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    26And about dawn Samuel said to Saul on the roof, Get up so that I may send you away. So Saul got up, and he and Samuel went out together.

    27And on their way down to the end of the town, Samuel said to Saul, Give your servant orders to go on in front of us, (so he went on,) but you keep here, so that I may give you the word of God.

  • 1 Sam 9:13-15
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    13When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will see him.

    14So they went up to the town, and when they came inside the town, Samuel came face to face with them on his way to the high place.

    15Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

  • 1 Sam 9:22-24
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    22Then Samuel took Saul and his servant into the guest room, and made them take the chief place among all the guests who were there, about thirty persons.

    23And Samuel said to the cook, Give me that part which I gave you orders to keep by you.

    24And the cook took up the leg with the fat tail on it, and put it before Saul. And Samuel said, This is the part which has been kept for you: take it as your part of the feast; because it has been kept for you till the right time came and till the guests were present. So that day Saul took food with Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 9:17-19
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    17And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, This is the man of whom I gave you word! he it is who is to have authority over my people.

    18Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.

    19Then Samuel said to Saul, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place and take food with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, after opening to you all the secrets of your heart.

  • 1 Sam 10:13
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    13Then going away from the prophets, he came to the house.

  • 1 Sam 15:12-14
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    12And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.

    13And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.

    14And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?

  • 1 Sam 13:9-11
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    9Then Saul said, Come here and give me the burned offering and the peace-offerings. And he made a burned offering to the Lord.

    10And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a blessing.

    11And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;

  • 1 Sam 15:34
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    34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 15:16
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    16Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.

  • 1 Sam 9:10-11
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    10Then Saul said to his servant, You have said well; come, let us go. So they went to the town where the man of God was.

    11And when they were on the way up to the town, they saw some young girls going out to get water and said to them, Is the seer here?

  • 1 Sam 28:25
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    25And she put it before Saul and his servants, and they had a meal. Then they got up and went away the same night.

  • 1 Sam 28:14-15
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    14And he said to her, What is his form? And she said, It is an old man coming up covered with a robe. And Saul saw that it was Samuel, and with his face bent down to the earth he gave him honour.

    15And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
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    10Then the Lord said to Samuel,

  • 1 Sam 10:9-10
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    9And it came about, that when he went away from Samuel, God gave him a changed heart: and all those signs took place that day.

    10And when they came to Gibeah, a band of prophets came face to face with him; and the spirit of God came on him with power and he took his place among them as a prophet.

  • 1 Sam 28:20-21
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    20Then Saul went down flat on the earth, and was full of fear because of Samuel's words: and there was no strength in him, for he had taken no food all that day or all that night.

    21And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was in great trouble, and said to him, See now, your servant has given ear to your words, and I have put my life in danger by doing what you said.

  • 1 Sam 19:22-23
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    22Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great water-spring in Secu; and questioning the people he said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, They are at Naioth in Ramah.

    23And he went on from there to Naioth in Ramah: and the spirit of God came on him, and he went on, acting like a prophet, till he came to Naioth in Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
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    1And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 9:5
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    5And when they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, Come, let us go back, or my father may give up caring about the asses and be troubled about us.

  • 1 Sam 10:23
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    23So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.

  • 1 Sam 10:25
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    25Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

  • 1 Sam 19:19-20
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    19And word was given to Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah.

    20And Saul sent men to take David; and when they saw the band of prophets at work, with Samuel in his place at their head, the spirit of God came on Saul's men, and they became like prophets.

  • 1 Sam 13:15
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    15Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war, and they came from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: and Saul took the number of the people who were with him, about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 16:4
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    4And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?

  • 1 Sam 24:22
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    22So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

  • 1 Sam 15:31
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    31So Samuel went back after Saul, and Saul gave worship to the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 28:11-12
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    11Then the woman said, Who am I to let you see? And he said, Make Samuel come up for me.

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    31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

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    17Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;

  • 1 Sam 23:20
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    20So now, O king, have your soul's desire and come down, and we, for our part, will give him up into the king's hands.