1 Samuel 9:7-9

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁷ “Suppose we do go,” Saul said to his attendant, “what do we take the man? The food from our packs is gone, and there’s no gift to take to the man of God.^(A) What do we have?”

⁸ The attendant answered Saul: “Here, I have a piece^[a] of silver. I’ll give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”

⁹ Formerly in Israel, a man who was going to inquire of God would say, “Come, let’s go to the seer,” for the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.^(B)