Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 9:11

11 Tāmen shàng pō yào jìn chéng , jiù yùjiàn jǐ gè shàonián nǚzi chūlai dá shuǐ , wèn tāmen shuō , xiān jiàn zaì zhèlǐ méiyǒu .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 9:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 9:11

And as they went up the hill to the city
For the city was built upon an hill, from whence it had the name of Ramah, which signifies high and lifted up:

they found young maidens going out to draw water:
going out of the city, to a fountain which was at the bottom of the hill; and this was the usual business of maidens in those countries to fetch water for the service of the family, (See Gill on Genesis 24:11), (See Gill on Genesis 24:15), (See Gill on Genesis 24:16). R. Akiba ^F5 makes this observation, that whenever a man meets maidens coming out of a city before he goes into it, it is a token of prosperity to him; and instances in the cases of Abraham's servant, of Jacob, and of Moses, and here of Saul, who was informed of a kingdom, and anointed for it, see ( Genesis 24:14 Genesis 24:21 ) ( Genesis 29:10 Genesis 29:11 ) ( Exodus 2:16 ) ,

and said unto them, is the seer here?
meaning, is he in the city? or is he at home? or is he in the country?

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 In Pirke Eliezer, c. 36. fol. 39. 1. 2.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 9:11 In-Context

9 ( cóng qián Yǐsèliè zhōng , ruò yǒu rén qù wèn shén , jiù shuō , wǒmen wèn xiān jiàn qù ba . xiànzaì chēngwèi xiānzhī de , cóng qián chēngwèi xiān jiàn . )

10 Sǎoluó duì púrén shuō , nǐ shuō de shì , wǒmen kĕyǐ qù . yúshì tāmen wǎng shén rén suǒ zhù de chéng lǐ qù le .

11 Tāmen shàng pō yào jìn chéng , jiù yùjiàn jǐ gè shàonián nǚzi chūlai dá shuǐ , wèn tāmen shuō , xiān jiàn zaì zhèlǐ méiyǒu .

12 Nǚzi huídá shuō , zaì zhèlǐ , tā zaì nǐmen qiánmian . kuaì qù ba . tā jīnrì zhēng dào chéng lǐ , yīnwei jīnrì bǎixìng yào zaì qiū tán xiànjì .

13 Zaì tā hái méiyǒu shàng qiū tán chī jìwù zhī xiān , nǐmen yī jìn chéng bì yùjiàn tā . yīn tā wèi dào , bǎixìng bùnéng chī , bì dĕng tā xiān zhù jì , ránhòu qǐng de kè cái chī . xiànzaì nǐmen shàng qù , zhè shíhou bì yùjiàn tā .