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The young man answered Saul again, “Look here! I have in my hand a quarter shekel[a] of silver. I’ll give it to the man of God, and he will tell us about our journey.”

(Previously in Israel, a person would say when he went to inquire of God, “Come on! Let’s go to the seer!” because the person known as a prophet[b] today was formerly called a seer.)

10 Saul told his young man, “That’s a good suggestion! Come on, let’s go!” Then they entered the town where the man of God was.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:8 I.e. about 0.1 ounces at 0.4 shekels per ounce
  2. 1 Samuel 9:9 Lit. the prophet