1 Samuel 9:17 “When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I sp…”

1 Samuel 9:17

When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.

World English Bible

When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, “Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! He will have authority over my people.”

American Standard Version

And when Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said unto him, Behold, the man of whom I spake to thee! this same shall have authority over my people.

Geneva Bible 1599

When Samuel therefore sawe Saul, the Lord answered him, See, this is the man whom I spake to thee of, he shall rule my people.

Darby Translation

And as Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah answered him, Behold the man of whom I spoke to thee! this man shall rule over my people.

Young's Literal Translation

When Samuel hath seen Saul, then hath Jehovah answered him, 'Lo, the man of whom I have spoken unto thee; this [one] doth restrain My people.'

Bible in Basic English

And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, This is the man of whom I gave you word! he it is who is to have authority over my people.

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Cross references

“Behold”

Hosea 13:11 1 Samuel 16:6–12

Hosea 13:11 · BSB

So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

1 Samuel 16:6–12 · BSB

When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

“reign over”

Acts 13:21 1 Samuel 3:13 Nehemiah 13:19 Nehemiah 13:25 2 Samuel 23:6 2 Samuel 23:7

Acts 13:21 · BSB

Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

1 Samuel 3:13 · BSB

I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

Nehemiah 13:19 · BSB

When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no loa…

Nehemiah 13:25 · BSB

I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take th…

2 Samuel 23:6 · BSB

But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.

2 Samuel 23:7 · BSB

The man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

18Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

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