²⁶ They got up early, and as dawn was breaking,^[a] Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, “Get up, so that I can send you away.” So Saul got up and the two of them, he and Samuel, went outside. ²⁷ As they were going down to the outskirts of the town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to pass on before us. When he has passed, you stand here a while,^[b] so that I can make known to you the word of God.”