23 And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Put it aside.’” 24 So the cook took up (A)the leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, “See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests.”[a]

So Saul ate with Samuel that day. 25 And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul (B)on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:24 Hebrew appointed, saying, ‘I have invited the people’
  2. 1 Samuel 9:25 Septuagint; Hebrew city, he spoke with Saul on the roof

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