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The Lord’s Revelation to Samuel

15 Now one day before Saul’s arrival, the Lord had revealed to[a] Samuel: 16 “About this time tomorrow I’ll send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him as Commander-in-Chief[b] over my people Israel. He’ll deliver my people from the control[c] of the Philistines, because I’ve seen the suffering of[d] my people and because their cry has come up to me.” 17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, “Here is the man I told you about. This man will rule over my people.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:15 Lit. uncovered the ear of
  2. 1 Samuel 9:16 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority
  3. 1 Samuel 9:16 Lit. hand
  4. 1 Samuel 9:16 So LXX; the Heb. lacks the suffering of