1 Samuel 10:12

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A man from there responded, 'And who is their father?' So it became a saying: 'Is Saul also among the prophets?'

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  • Isa 54:13 : 13 All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
  • John 6:45 : 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
  • John 7:16 : 16 Jesus answered them, 'My teaching is not Mine, but comes from the One who sent Me.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

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  • 86%

    10When they arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets came to meet him. Then the Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul, and he began to prophesy among them.

    11When all those who had known Saul previously saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, 'What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?'

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    13After Saul finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.

    14Saul's uncle asked him and his servant, 'Where did you go?' Saul replied, 'To look for the donkeys, but when we saw that they were not found, we went to Samuel.'

    15Then Saul's uncle said, 'Please tell me what Samuel said to you.'

  • 21Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And is not my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you speak to me this way?"

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    19When Saul was told, 'David is at Naioth in Ramah,' he acted accordingly.

    20Saul sent messengers to capture David. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they also began to prophesy.

    21When Saul was informed of this, he sent another group of messengers, but they too began to prophesy. Saul sent a third group, and they also prophesied.

    22Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. He came to the great cistern at Secu and asked, 'Where are Samuel and David?' Someone answered, 'They are at Naioth in Ramah.'

    23So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon him as well, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth.

    24There he stripped off his robes and also prophesied in Samuel's presence. He lay down naked all that day and night. This is why people say, 'Is Saul also among the prophets?'

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    12Saul said, 'Listen now, son of Ahitub!' And he replied, 'Here I am, my lord.'

    13Saul said to him, 'Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has risen against me to lie in wait, as he does today?'

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    55When Saul saw David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, 'Abner, whose son is this young man?' Abner replied, 'As surely as you live, O king, I do not know.'

    56The king said, 'Find out whose son this young man is.'

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    30Then he turned away to another man and asked the same question, and the people answered him as before.

    31When David's words were heard, they were reported to Saul, and he sent for him.

  • 58Saul asked him, 'Whose son are you, young man?' David replied, 'I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.'

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    9(Formerly in Israel, when people went to inquire of God, they would say, "Come, let us go to the seer," because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)

    10Saul said to his servant, "Good idea. Let’s go." So they set out for the town where the man of God was.

    11As they were climbing the hill to the town, they met young women coming out to draw water, and they asked them, "Is the seer here?"

    12They answered, "Yes, he is ahead of you. Hurry now; he has just come to the town today, for the people are offering a sacrifice at the high place."

  • 17Saul recognized David’s voice and said, "Is that your voice, my son David?" David replied, "It is my voice, my lord the king."

  • 18But David said to Saul, 'Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?'

  • 13David said to the young man who brought him the report, 'Where are you from?' He answered, 'I am the son of an Amalekite sojourner.'

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    17When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, "Here is the man I told you about; he will govern my people."

    18Saul approached Samuel at the city gate and asked, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."

    19Samuel answered, "I am the seer. Go up ahead of me to the high place, for you will eat with me today. In the morning, I will send you on your way and tell you all that is on your heart.

  • 12Then the people said to Samuel, "Who was it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men to us, and we will put them to death."

  • 5Just then, Saul was coming in from the field, following the oxen. He asked, "What is wrong with the people? Why are they all crying?" They told him what the men of Jabesh had said.

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    11Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words he had spoken to the king.

    12Their father asked them, 'Which way did he go?' His sons showed him the road the man of God from Judah had taken.

  • 16May the LORD be our judge and decide between us. May He see and plead my case and vindicate me from your hand.

  • 22So they inquired further of the LORD, 'Has the man come here yet?' And the LORD said, 'He is hiding among the supplies.'

  • 10But Nabal answered David’s servants, "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Nowadays many servants are breaking away from their masters.

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    14Saul asked her, "What does he look like?" She replied, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe." Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground in reverence.

    15Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul answered, "I am deeply distressed. The Philistines are waging war against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, not by prophets or by dreams. Therefore, I have called upon you to tell me what I should do."

  • 27But some worthless men said, 'How can this man save us?' So they despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul kept silent.

  • 24When Saul’s servants reported back what David had said,

  • 14But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'

  • 51Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, was the son of Abiel.

  • 9Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul's servants, answered, 'I saw the son of Jesse come to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub.'

  • 12Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time, he was old and advanced in years.

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    37Saul inquired of God, 'Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?' But He did not answer him that day.

    38Then Saul said, 'Come here, all you chiefs of the people. Investigate and find out what sin has been committed today.

  • 32Jonathan responded to his father Saul and asked, 'Why should he be put to death? What has he done?'

  • 7When he turned and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, 'Here I am.'

  • 5David asked the young man who brought him the report, 'How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?'

  • 5When they reached the region of Zuph, Saul said to the servant with him, "Come, let’s go back, or else my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us."