1 Samuel 9:3

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Now the donkeys belonging to Saul’s father Kish were lost. Kish said to Saul, "Take one of the servants with you and go look for the donkeys."

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  • Judg 5:10 : 10 You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on rich carpets, and you who walk along the road, think about this:
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 He had thirty sons, who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are called Havvoth-Jair to this day, in the land of Gilead.
  • 1 Sam 10:2 : 2 When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb, in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, 'The donkeys you went to find have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and is concerned about you, asking, “What shall I do about my son?”'

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  • 1 Sam 9:4-8
    5 verses
    85%

    4So they went through the hill country of Ephraim and the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. Then they went through the land of Shaalim, but the donkeys were not there. They passed through the territory of Benjamin, but they still did not find them.

    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."

    6But the servant replied, "Look, there is a man of God in this town, and he is highly respected. Everything he says comes true. Let’s go there now; perhaps he can tell us the way to go."

    7Saul said to his servant, "If we go, what can we give the man? The bread in our bags is gone, and we have no gift to bring to the man of God. What do we have?"

    8The servant answered Saul again, "Look, I have a quarter of a shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God so that he will tell us what way to go."

  • 1 Sam 10:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    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.'

    16Saul told his uncle, 'He assured us that the donkeys had been found.' However, Saul did not reveal to him what Samuel had said about the kingship.

  • 1 Sam 9:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them; they have been found. And to whom is all the desire of Israel directed? Is it not to you and your whole family?"

    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?"

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    78%

    2When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb, in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, 'The donkeys you went to find have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and is concerned about you, asking, “What shall I do about my son?”'

  • 1 Sam 10:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21He then brought forward the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, and the family of the Matrites was chosen. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected, but when they looked for him, he could not be found.

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

  • 1 Sam 9:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1There was a man from the tribe of Benjamin named Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, from the tribe of Benjamin, a man of great standing.

    2He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites as handsome as he was; he stood a head taller than anyone else.

  • 1 Kgs 13:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27Then he said to his sons, 'Saddle the donkey for me.' So they saddled the donkey.

    28He went and found the man's body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body nor attacked the donkey.

  • 1 Kgs 13:13
    72%

    13Then he said to his sons, 'Saddle the donkey for me.' So they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it.

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 15:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

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

    15Saul answered, 'They brought them from the Amalekites; the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.'

  • 1 Sam 16:19-20
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    71%

    19Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep."

    20Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul.

  • 1 Sam 9:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    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?"

  • 1 Sam 24:2
    70%

    2When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, 'David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.'

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    70%

    17Saul said to the men who were with him, 'Muster the troops and see who has left us.' When they counted, they found that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were gone.

  • 1 Kgs 2:40
    70%

    40he saddled his donkey and went to Achish in Gath to search for them. He brought his servants back from Gath.

  • 1 Sam 9:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26They got up early, and at the break of dawn, Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, "Get up, and I will send you on your way." So Saul got up, and both he and Samuel went outside together.

    27As they were going down to the outskirts of the town, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to go on ahead of us"—and the servant went on—"but you stay here for a moment, and I will give you a message from God."

  • Job 1:14
    70%

    14a messenger came to Job and said, 'The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

  • 1 Sam 9:18
    70%

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

  • Judg 19:3
    69%

    3Then her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He took with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at her father’s house, the woman’s father saw him and was glad to welcome him.

  • Gen 22:3
    69%

    3Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split the wood for the burnt offering, set out, and went to the place God had told him to go.

  • Gen 37:15
    69%

    15A man found him wandering in the field and asked him, "What are you looking for?"

  • 1 Sam 26:2
    69%

    2So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, taking three thousand select men of Israel with him to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
    69%

    34David said to Saul, 'Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,'

  • 2 Sam 19:26
    69%

    26When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, 'Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?'

  • Gen 44:3
    68%

    3At dawn, as the morning light came, the men and their donkeys were sent on their way.

  • 1 Sam 16:2
    68%

    2Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me." The LORD replied, "Take a young cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

  • Deut 22:3
    68%

    3Do the same with his donkey, his garment, or any lost item that belongs to your brother, which you find. Do not ignore it; you must return it.

  • 1 Chr 9:39
    68%

    39Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

  • Num 31:34
    68%

    3461,000 donkeys,

  • 1 Sam 9:14
    68%

    14So they went up to the city, and as they were entering it, Samuel was coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.

  • Num 31:39
    68%

    39The donkeys numbered 30,500, of which 61 were set aside as tribute for the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 17:55
    68%

    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.'

  • 1 Sam 31:8
    68%

    8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 16:11
    68%

    11Then Samuel asked Jesse, "Are these all the young men you have?" Jesse replied, "There remains the youngest, but he is tending the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives here."