1 Samuel 9:14

14 De modo que llegaron a la ciudad y, mientras entraban por las puertas, Samuel iba saliendo hacia ellos para subir al lugar de adoración.

1 Samuel 9:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 9:14

And they went up into the city
Saul and his servant went up the hill to the city of Ramah: and

when they were come into the city;
were within it, within the walls of it;

behold, Samuel came out against them;
came out of a door of his house upon them, just as they came up: or "to meet them" ^F9; his way to the high place lay where they were coming; unless it can be thought he went out purposely to meet them, having, as in the following verse, an intimation, that about that time one from the tribe of Benjamin, who should be king, would come to him, and so made this his way, knowing that one coming from that tribe must come that way; but it seems most likely that this was his readiest way:

for to go up to the high place;
or place of sitting down, or feasting, as the Targum, (See Gill on 1 Samuel 9:12).

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (Mtarql) "in occursum eorum", Pagninus, Montanus; "eis obviam", V. L. Tigurine version.

1 Samuel 9:14 In-Context

12 —Sí —les contestaron—, sigan por este camino; él está junto a las puertas de la ciudad. Acaba de llegar para participar de un sacrificio público que se realizará arriba, en el lugar de adoración.

13 Apúrense para que lo puedan encontrar antes de que suba a comer. Los invitados no comenzarán a comer hasta que él llegue para bendecir los alimentos.

14 De modo que llegaron a la ciudad y, mientras entraban por las puertas, Samuel iba saliendo hacia ellos para subir al lugar de adoración.

15 Ahora bien, el Señor
le había dicho a Samuel el día anterior:

16 «Mañana a esta hora te enviaré a un hombre de la tierra de Benjamín. Úngelo para que sea el líder de mi pueblo, Israel. Él lo librará de los filisteos, porque desde lo alto he mirado a mi pueblo con misericordia y he oído su clamor».