1 Samuel 9:3

World English Bible (2000)

The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, "Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys."

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  • Judg 5:10 : 10 "Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
  • 1 Sam 10:2 : 2 When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, 'The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do for my son?"'

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  • 1 Sam 9:4-8
    5 verses
    85%

    4 He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn't find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they weren't there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn't find them.

    5 When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, and let us return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys, and be anxious for us."

    6 He said to him, "See now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor. All that he says comes surely to pass. Now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go."

    7 Then Saul said to his servant, "But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?"

    8 The servant answered Saul again, and said, "Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way."

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

    14 Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" He said, "To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel."

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

    16 Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys were found." But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn't tell him.

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

    20 As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?"

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

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    78%

    2 When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, 'The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do for my son?"'

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

    21 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found.

    22 Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, "Is there yet a man to come here?" Yahweh answered, "Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

  • 1 Sam 9:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.

    2 He had a son, whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a better person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

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

    27 He spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." They saddled it.

    28 He went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body, nor mauled the donkey.

  • 1 Kgs 13:13
    72%

    13 He said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    72%

    5 Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, "What ails the people that they weep?" They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

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

    14 Samuel said, "Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?"

    15 Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest."

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

    19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, "Send me David your son, who is with the sheep."

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

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

    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.

    11 As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, "Is the seer here?"

  • 1 Sam 24:2
    70%

    2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    70%

    17 Then Saul said to the people who were with him, "Count now, and see who is missing from us." When they had counted, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

  • 1 Kgs 2:40
    70%

    40 Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

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

    26 They arose early: and it happened about the spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, "Get up, that I may send you away." Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

    27 As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant pass on before us" (and he passed on), "but stand still first, that I may cause you to hear the word of God."

  • Job 1:14
    70%

    14 that there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

  • 1 Sam 9:18
    70%

    18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."

  • Judg 19:3
    69%

    3 Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

  • Gen 22:3
    69%

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

  • Gen 37:15
    69%

    15 A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

  • 1 Sam 26:2
    69%

    2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
    69%

    34 David said to Saul, "Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,

  • 2 Sam 19:26
    69%

    26 He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because your servant is lame.

  • Gen 44:3
    68%

    3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

  • 1 Sam 16:2
    68%

    2 Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." Yahweh said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.

  • Deut 22:3
    68%

    3 So you shall do with his donkey; and so you shall do with his garment; and so you shall do with every lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found: you may not hide yourself.

  • 1 Chr 9:39
    68%

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

  • Num 31:34
    68%

    34 and sixty-one thousand donkeys,

  • 1 Sam 9:14
    68%

    14 They went up to the city; [and] as they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.

  • Num 31:39
    68%

    39 The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh's tribute was sixty-one.

  • 1 Sam 17:55
    68%

    55 When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, "Abner, whose son is this youth?" Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell."

  • 1 Sam 31:8
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    8 It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 16:11
    68%

    11 Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your children here?" He said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here."