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<bible version='kjv' description='The King James Bible with Strongs Numbers' language='ENG' strongs='true'>
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      <verse number='1'>Now there <strongs number="1961">was</strongs>a <strongs number="376">man</strongs>of <strongs number="4480 1144">Benjamin</strongs>, whose <strongs number="8034">name</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="7027">Kish</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="22">Abiel</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="6872">Zeror</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="1064">Bechorath</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="647">Aphiah</strongs>, a <strongs number="1145">Benjamite</strongs>, a mighty <strongs number="1368">man</strongs>of <strongs number="2428">power</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>And he <strongs number="1961">had</strongs>a <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>, whose <strongs number="8034">name</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>, a choice young <strongs number="970">man</strongs>, and a <strongs number="2896">goodly</strongs>: and <em> there </em><em> was </em><strongs number="369">not</strongs>among the <strongs number="4480 1121">children</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>a <strongs number="2896">goodlier</strongs><strongs number="376">person</strongs><strongs number="4480">than</strongs>he: from his <strongs number="4480 7926">shoulders</strongs>and <strongs number="4605">upward</strongs><em> he </em><em> was </em><strongs number="1364">higher</strongs>than <strongs number="4480 3605">any</strongs>of the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'>And the <strongs number="860">asses</strongs>of <strongs number="7027">Kish</strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>'s <strongs number="1">father</strongs>were <strongs number="6">lost</strongs>. And <strongs number="7027">Kish</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>his <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>, <strongs number="3947">Take</strongs><strongs number="4994">now</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="259">one</strongs>of the <strongs number="4480 5288">servants</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>thee, and <strongs number="6965">arise</strongs>, <strongs number="1980">go</strongs><strongs number="1245">seek</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="860">asses</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='4'>And he passed <strongs number="5674">through</strongs><strongs number="2022">mount</strongs><strongs number="669">Ephraim</strongs>, and passed <strongs number="5674">through</strongs>the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>of <strongs number="8031">Shalisha</strongs>, but they <strongs number="4672">found</strongs><em> them </em><strongs number="3808">not</strongs>: then they passed <strongs number="5674">through</strongs>the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>of <strongs number="8171">Shalim</strongs>, and <em> there </em><em> they </em><em> were </em><strongs number="369">not</strongs>: and he passed <strongs number="5674">through</strongs>the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>of the <strongs number="1145">Benjamites</strongs>, but they <strongs number="4672">found</strongs><em> them </em><strongs number="3808">not</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'><em> And </em>when <strongs number="1992">they</strongs>were <strongs number="935">come</strongs>to the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>of <strongs number="6689">Zuph</strongs>, <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs>to his <strongs number="5288">servant</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>him, <strongs number="1980">Come</strongs>, and let us <strongs number="7725">return</strongs>; <strongs number="6435">lest</strongs>my <strongs number="1">father</strongs><strongs number="2308">leave</strongs><em> caring </em><strongs number="4480">for</strongs>the <strongs number="860">asses</strongs>, and take <strongs number="1672">thought</strongs>for us. </verse>
      <verse number='6'>And he <strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto him, <strongs number="2009">Behold</strongs><strongs number="4994">now</strongs>, <em> there </em><em> is </em>in <strongs number="2063">this</strongs><strongs number="5892">city</strongs>a <strongs number="376">man</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs>, and <em> he </em><em> is </em>an <strongs number="3513">honorable</strongs><strongs number="376">man</strongs>; <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs>he <strongs number="1696">saith</strongs>cometh surely to <strongs number="935 935">pass</strongs>: <strongs number="4994">now</strongs>let us <strongs number="1980">go</strongs><strongs number="8033">thither</strongs>; <strongs number="194">peradventure</strongs>he can <strongs number="5046">show</strongs>us <strongs number="*853"></strongs>our <strongs number="1870">way</strongs><strongs number="834 5921">that</strongs>we should <strongs number="1980">go</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'>Then <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>to his <strongs number="5288">servant</strongs>, But, <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, <em> if </em>we <strongs number="1980">go</strongs>, <strongs number="4100">what</strongs>shall we <strongs number="935">bring</strongs>the <strongs number="376">man</strongs>? <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>the <strongs number="3899">bread</strongs>is <strongs number="235">spent</strongs>in our <strongs number="4480 3627">vessels</strongs>, and <em> there </em><em> is </em><strongs number="369">not</strongs>a <strongs number="8670">present</strongs>to <strongs number="935">bring</strongs>to the <strongs number="376">man</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs>: <strongs number="4100">what</strongs>have we? </verse>
      <verse number='8'>And the <strongs number="5288">servant</strongs><strongs number="6030">answered</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs><strongs number="3254">again</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="2009">Behold</strongs>, I have <strongs number="4672">here</strongs>at <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>the fourth <strongs number="7253">part</strongs>of a <strongs number="8255">shekel</strongs>of <strongs number="3701">silver</strongs>: <em> that </em>will I <strongs number="5414">give</strongs>to the <strongs number="376">man</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs>, to <strongs number="5046">tell</strongs>us <strongs number="*853"></strongs>our <strongs number="1870">way</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'>( <strongs number="6440">Formerly</strongs>in <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>, when a <strongs number="376">man</strongs><strongs number="1980">went</strongs>to <strongs number="1875">inquire</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs>, <strongs number="3541">thus</strongs>he <strongs number="559">spoke</strongs>, <strongs number="1980">Come</strongs>, and let us <strongs number="1980">go</strongs><strongs number="5704">to</strongs>the <strongs number="7200">seer</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><em> he </em><em> that </em><em> is </em><strongs number="3117">now</strongs><em> called </em>a <strongs number="5030">Prophet</strongs>was <strongs number="6440">formerly</strongs><strongs number="7121">called</strongs>a <strongs number="7200">Seer</strongs>.) </verse>
      <verse number='10'>Then <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>to his <strongs number="5288">servant</strongs>, <strongs number="2896">Well</strongs><strongs number="1697">said</strongs>; <strongs number="1980">come</strongs>, let us <strongs number="1980">go</strongs>. So they <strongs number="1980">went</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs><strongs number="834 8033">where</strongs>the <strongs number="376">man</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs><em> was </em>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'><em> And </em>as <strongs number="1992">they</strongs>went <strongs number="5927">up</strongs>the <strongs number="4608">hill</strongs>to the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs>, <strongs number="1992">they</strongs><strongs number="4672">found</strongs>young <strongs number="5291">maidens</strongs>going <strongs number="3318">out</strongs>to <strongs number="7579">draw</strongs><strongs number="4325">water</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto them, <strongs number="3426">Is</strongs>the <strongs number="7200">seer</strongs><strongs number="2088">here</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='12'>And they <strongs number="6030">answered</strongs>them, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, He <strongs number="3426">is</strongs>; <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, <em> he </em><em> is </em><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>you: make <strongs number="4116">haste</strongs><strongs number="6258">now</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>he <strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="3117">today</strongs>to the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><em> there </em><em> is </em>a <strongs number="2077">sacrifice</strongs>of the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><strongs number="3117">today</strongs>in the high <strongs number="1116">place</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='13'>As soon as ye be <strongs number="935">come</strongs>into the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs>, ye shall <strongs number="3651">straightway</strongs><strongs number="4672">find</strongs>him, <strongs number="2962">before</strongs>he go <strongs number="5927">up</strongs>to the high <strongs number="1116">place</strongs>to <strongs number="398">eat</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>will <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="398">eat</strongs><strongs number="5704">until</strongs>he <strongs number="935">come</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">because</strongs><strongs number="1931">he</strongs>doth <strongs number="1288">bless</strongs>the <strongs number="2077">sacrifice</strongs>; <em> and </em><strongs number="310 3651">afterwards</strongs>they <strongs number="398">eat</strongs>that be <strongs number="7121">bidden</strongs>. <strongs number="6258">Now</strongs>therefore get you <strongs number="5927">up</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>about this <strongs number="3117">time</strongs>ye shall <strongs number="4672">find</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='14'>And they went <strongs number="5927">up</strongs>into the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs>: <em> and </em>when <strongs number="1992">they</strongs>were <strongs number="935">come</strongs><strongs number="8432">into</strongs>the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs>, <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, <strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs>came <strongs number="3318">out</strongs><strongs number="7125">against</strongs>them, for to go <strongs number="5927">up</strongs>to the high <strongs number="1116">place</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'>Now the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>had <strongs number="1540">told</strongs><strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs><strongs number="854">in</strongs>his <strongs number="241">ear</strongs><strongs number="259">a</strongs><strongs number="3117">day</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs><strongs number="935">came</strongs>, <strongs number="559">saying</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='16'><strongs number="4279">Tomorrow</strongs>about this <strongs number="6256">time</strongs>I will <strongs number="7971">send</strongs>thee a <strongs number="376">man</strongs>out of the <strongs number="4480 776">land</strongs>of <strongs number="1144">Benjamin</strongs>, and thou shalt <strongs number="4886">anoint</strongs>him <em> to </em><em> be </em><strongs number="5057">captain</strongs><strongs number="5921">over</strongs>my <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>, that he may <strongs number="3467">save</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>out of the <strongs number="4480 3027">hand</strongs>of the <strongs number="6430">Philistines</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>I have looked <strongs number="7200">upon</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">because</strongs>their <strongs number="6818">cry</strongs>is <strongs number="935">come</strongs>unto <strongs number="413">me</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'>And when <strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs><strongs number="7200">saw</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>, the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs><strongs number="6030">said</strongs>unto him, <strongs number="2009">Behold</strongs>the <strongs number="376">man</strongs><strongs number="834">whom</strongs>I <strongs number="559">spoke</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs>thee of! this <strongs number="2088">same</strongs>shall <strongs number="6113">reign</strongs>over my <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='18'>Then <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>drew <strongs number="5066">near</strongs>to <strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs><strongs number="8432">in</strongs>the <strongs number="8179">gate</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="5046">Tell</strongs>me, I pray <strongs number="4994">thee</strongs>, <strongs number="335 2088">where</strongs>the <strongs number="7200">seer</strongs>'s <strongs number="1004">house</strongs><em> is </em>. </verse>
      <verse number='19'>And <strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs><strongs number="6030">answered</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="595">I</strongs><em> am </em>the <strongs number="7200">seer</strongs>: go <strongs number="5927">up</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>me unto the high <strongs number="1116">place</strongs>; for ye shall <strongs number="398">eat</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>me <strongs number="3117">today</strongs>, and <strongs number="1242">tomorrow</strongs>I will let thee <strongs number="7971">go</strongs>, and will <strongs number="5046">tell</strongs>thee <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> is </em>in thine <strongs number="3824">heart</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'>And as for thine <strongs number="860">asses</strongs>that were <strongs number="6">lost</strongs><strongs number="7969">three</strongs><strongs number="3117">days</strongs><strongs number="3117">ago</strongs>, <strongs number="7760">set</strongs><strongs number="408">not</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>thy <strongs number="3820">mind</strongs>on them; <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>they are <strongs number="4672">found</strongs>. And on <strongs number="4310">whom</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="2532">desire</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>? <em> Is </em><em> it </em><strongs number="3808">not</strongs>on thee, and on <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>thy <strongs number="1">father</strongs>'s <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='21'>And <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs><strongs number="6030">answered</strongs>and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <em> Am </em><strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="595">I</strongs>a <strongs number="1145">Benjamite</strongs>, of the <strongs number="4480 6996">smallest</strongs>of the <strongs number="7626">tribes</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>? and my <strongs number="4940">family</strongs>the <strongs number="6810">least</strongs>of <strongs number="4480 3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="4940">families</strongs>of the <strongs number="7626">tribe</strongs>of <strongs number="1144">Benjamin</strongs>? <strongs number="4100">wherefore</strongs>then <strongs number="1696">speakest</strongs>thou <strongs number="1697 2088">so</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs>me? </verse>
      <verse number='22'>And <strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs><strongs number="3947">took</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>and his <strongs number="5288">servant</strongs>, and <strongs number="935">brought</strongs>them into the <strongs number="3957">parlor</strongs>, and made them <strongs number="5414">sit</strongs>in the <strongs number="7218">chiefest</strongs><strongs number="4725">place</strongs>among them that were <strongs number="7121">bidden</strongs>, <strongs number="1992">which</strongs><em> were </em>about <strongs number="7970">thirty</strongs><strongs number="376">persons</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='23'>And <strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto the <strongs number="2876">cook</strongs>, <strongs number="5414">Bring</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="4490">portion</strongs><strongs number="834">which</strongs>I <strongs number="5414">gave</strongs>thee, of <strongs number="834">which</strongs>I <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>thee, <strongs number="7760">Set</strongs>it <strongs number="5973">by</strongs>thee. </verse>
      <verse number='24'>And the <strongs number="2876">cook</strongs>took <strongs number="7311">up</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="7785">shoulder</strongs>, and <em> that </em>which <em> was </em><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>it, and <strongs number="7760">set</strongs><em> it </em><strongs number="6440">before</strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>. And <em> Samuel </em><strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="2009">Behold</strongs>that which is <strongs number="7604">left</strongs>! <strongs number="7760">set</strongs><em> it </em><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>thee, <em> and </em><strongs number="398">eat</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>unto this <strongs number="4150">time</strongs>hath it been <strongs number="8104">kept</strongs>for thee since I <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, I have <strongs number="7121">invited</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>. So <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>did <strongs number="398">eat</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs><strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs><strongs number="1931">that</strongs><strongs number="3117">day</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='25'>And when they were come <strongs number="3381">down</strongs>from the high <strongs number="4480 1116">place</strongs>into the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs>, <em> Samuel </em><strongs number="1696">communed</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>the top of the <strongs number="1406">house</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='26'>And they arose <strongs number="7925">early</strongs>: and it came to <strongs number="1961">pass</strongs>about the <strongs number="5927">spring</strongs>of the <strongs number="7837">day</strongs>, that <strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs><strongs number="7121 413">called</strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>to the top of the <strongs number="1406">house</strongs>, <strongs number="559">saying</strongs>, <strongs number="6965">Up</strongs>, that I may send thee <strongs number="7971">away</strongs>. And <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs><strongs number="6965">arose</strongs>, and they went <strongs number="3318">out</strongs><strongs number="8147">both</strongs>of them, <strongs number="1931">he</strongs>and <strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs>, <strongs number="2351">abroad</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='27'><em> And </em>as <strongs number="1992">they</strongs>were going <strongs number="3381">down</strongs>to the <strongs number="7097">end</strongs>of the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs>, <strongs number="8050">Samuel</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>, <strongs number="559">Bid</strongs>the <strongs number="5288">servant</strongs>pass <strongs number="5674">on</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>us, (and he passed <strongs number="5674">on</strongs>,) but stand thou <strongs number="5975 859">still</strongs>a <strongs number="3117">while</strongs>, that I may <strongs number="8085">show</strongs>thee <strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="1697">word</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs>. </verse>
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