1 Samuel 9:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the asses of Kish Sauls father were lost: therefore Kish said to Saul his sonne, Take nowe one of the seruants with thee, and arise, goe, and seeke the asses.

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  • Judg 5:10 : 10 Speake ye that ride on white asses, yee that dwel by Middin, & that walke by the way.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirtie sonnes that rode on thirtie assecolts, and they had thirtie cities, which are called Hauoth-Iair vnto this day, and are in the land of Gilead.
  • 1 Sam 10:2 : 2 When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt finde two men by Rahels sepulchre in the border of Beniamin, euen at Zelzah, and they will say vnto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seeke, are founde: and lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, & soroweth for you, saying, What shall I doe for my sonne?

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  • 1 Sam 9:4-8
    5 verses
    85%

    4So he passed through mount Ephraim, and went through the lande of Shalishah, but they found them not. Then they went through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: he went also through ye land of Iemini, but they found the not.

    5When they came to the lande of Zuph, Saul saide vnto his seruant that was with him, Come and let vs returne, lest my father leaue the care of asses, and take thought for vs.

    6And he said vnto him, Behold nowe, in this citie is a man of God, and he is an honorable man: all that he saith commeth to passe: let vs nowe goe thither, if so be that he can shewe vs what way we may goe.

    7Then saide Saul to his seruant, Well then, let vs goe: but what shall we bring vnto the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is no present to bring to the man of God: what haue we?

    8And the seruant answered Saul againe, and said, Beholde, I haue founde about me the fourth part of a shekell of siluer: that will I giue the man of God, to tell vs our way.

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

    14And Sauls vncle saide vnto him, and to his seruant, Whither went ye? And he saide, To seeke the asses: and when we sawe that they were no where, we came to Samuel.

    15And Sauls vncle saide, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said vnto you.

    16Then Saul saide to his vncle, He tolde vs plainely that the asses were founde: but concerning the kingdome whereof Samuel spake, tolde he him not.

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

    20And as for thine asses that were lost three dayes ago, care not for them: for they are founde; on whom is set all the desire of Israel? is it not vpon thee and on all thy fathers house?

    21But Saul answered, and said, Am not I the sonne of Iemini of the smallest tribe of Israel? and my familie is the least of all the families of the tribe of Beniamin. Wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    78%

    2When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt finde two men by Rahels sepulchre in the border of Beniamin, euen at Zelzah, and they will say vnto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seeke, are founde: and lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, & soroweth for you, saying, What shall I doe for my sonne?

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

    21Afterwarde he assembled the tribe of Beniamin according to their families, and the familie of Matri was taken. So Saul the sonne of Kish was taken, and when they sought him, he coulde not be found.

    22Therefore they asked the Lorde againe, if that man should yet come thither; the Lorde answered, Beholde, he hath hid himselfe among the stuffe.

  • 1 Sam 9:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1There was nowe a man of Beniamin, mightie in power named Kish, the sonne of Abiel, the sonne of Zeror, the sonne of Bechorath, the sonne of Aphiah, the sonne of a man of Iemini.

    2And he had a sonne called Saul, a goodly yong man and a faire: so that among the children of Israel there was none goodlier then he: from the shoulders vpwarde he was hier then any of the people.

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

    27And he spake to his sonnes, saying, Saddle me the asse; they sadled him.

    28And he went and founde his body cast in the way, and the asse and the lion stoode by the corps: and the lion had not eaten the bodie, nor torne the asse.

  • 1 Kgs 13:13
    72%

    13And hee saide vnto his sonnes, Saddle mee the asse. Who sadled him the asse, and hee rode thereon,

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    72%

    5And behold, Saul came following the cattell out of the fielde, and Saul saide, What aileth this people, that they weepe? And they tolde him the tidings of the men of Iabesh.

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

    14But Samuel saide, What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?

    15And Saul answered, They haue brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheepe, and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lorde thy God, and the remnant haue we destroyed.

  • 1 Sam 16:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Ishai, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne which is with the sheepe.

    20And Ishai tooke an asse laden with breade and a flagon of wine and a kidde, and sent them by the hand of Dauid his sonne vnto Saul.

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

    10Then saide Saul to his seruant, Well saide, come, let vs goe: so they went into the citie where the man of God was.

    11And as they were going vp the hie way to the citie, they found maydes that came out to draw water, & said vnto them, Is there here a Seer?

  • 1 Sam 24:2
    70%

    2(24:3) Then Saul tooke three thousande chosen men out of all Israel, & went to seeke Dauid and his men vpon the rocks among the wilde goates.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    70%

    17Therefore saide Saul vnto the people that were with him, Search nowe and see, who is gone from vs; when they had nombred, beholde, Ionathan and his armour bearer were not there.

  • 1 Kgs 2:40
    70%

    40And Shimei arose, and sadled his asse, and went to Gath to Achish, to seeke his seruantes: and Shimei went, and brought his seruants from Gath.

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

    26And when they arose early about ye spring of the day, Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Vp, that I may send thee away; Saul arose, and they went out, both he, & Samuel.

    27And when they were come downe to the ende of the citie, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the seruant goe before vs, (and he went) but stand thou still nowe, that I may shewe thee the worde of God.

  • Job 1:14
    70%

    14There came a messenger vnto Iob, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding in their places,

  • 1 Sam 9:18
    70%

    18Then went Saul to Samuel in the middes of the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the Seers house is.

  • Judg 19:3
    69%

    3And her husband arose and went after her, to speake friendly vnto her, and to bring her againe: he had also his seruant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him vnto her fathers house, and when the yong womans father sawe him, he reioyced of his coming.

  • Gen 22:3
    69%

    3Then Abraham rose vp early in the morning, and sadled his asse, and tooke two of his seruants with him, and Izhak his sonne, and cloue wood for the burnt offering, and rose vp & went to the place, which God had tolde him.

  • Gen 37:15
    69%

    15Then a man found him: for lo, hee was wandring in the fielde, and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

  • 1 Sam 26:2
    69%

    2Then Saul arose, and went downe to the wildernes of Ziph, hauing three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, for to seeke Dauid in the wildernesse of Ziph.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
    69%

    34And Dauid answered vnto Saul, Thy seruant kept his fathers sheepe, and there came a lyon, and likewise a beare, and tooke a sheepe out of the flocke,

  • 2 Sam 19:26
    69%

    26And he answered, My lorde the king, my seruant deceiued me: for thy seruant said, I would haue mine asse sadled to ride thereon, for to goe with the king, because thy seruant is lame.

  • Gen 44:3
    68%

    3And in the morning the men were sent away, they, and their asses.

  • 1 Sam 16:2
    68%

    2And Samuel sayde, Howe can I goe? For if Saul shall heare it, he will kill me. Then the Lorde answered, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to doe sacrifice to the Lord.

  • Deut 22:3
    68%

    3In like maner shalt thou do with his asse, and so shalt thou do with his rayment, & shalt so doe with all lost things of thy brother, which he hath lost: if thou hast found them, thou shalt not withdraw thy selfe from them.

  • 1 Chr 9:39
    68%

    39And Ner begate Kish, and Kish begate Saul, and Saul begate Ionathan and Malchishua, and Abinadab and Eshbaal.

  • Num 31:34
    68%

    34And three score and one thousand asses,

  • 1 Sam 9:14
    68%

    14Then they went vp into the citie, & when they were come into the middes of the citie, Samuel came out against them, to goe vp to the hie place.

  • Num 31:39
    68%

    39And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one:

  • 1 Sam 17:55
    68%

    55When Saul sawe Dauid go forth against the Philistim, he sayd vnto Abner the captaine of his hoste, Abner, whose sonne is this yong man? & Abner answered, As thy soule liueth, O King, I can not tell.

  • 1 Sam 31:8
    68%

    8And on the morowe when the Philistims were come to spoyle them that were slaine, they founde Saul and his three sonnes lying in mount Gilboa,

  • 1 Sam 16:11
    68%

    11Finally, Samuel said vnto Ishai, Are there no more children but these? And hee sayde, There remaineth yet a litle one behinde, that keepeth the sheepe. Then Samuel saide vnto Ishai, Sende and set him: for we will not sit downe, till he be come hither.