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1 Samuel 9:25

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23 And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”

24 So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.

And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.

26 They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went outside together.

27 As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.

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BSB
And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
KJV
And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
WEB
When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.
ASV
And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop.
DARBY
And they came down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul upon the roof.
BLB
And they had come down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul on the roof.
ÅB
Deretter gikk de ned fra haugen og inn i byen, og han satt og talte med Saul på taket.
OTB
Etter at de gikk ned fra det høye stedet til byen, samtalte Samuel med Saul på taket.
B1930
Derefter gikk de ned fra haugen og inn i byen, og han satt og talte med Saul på taket.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 22:8

    If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

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  • Acts 10:9

    The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

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  • 2 Samuel 11:2

    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

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  • Nehemiah 8:16

    And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.

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  • Jeremiah 19:13

    The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”

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  • Matthew 10:27

    What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

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