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1 Samuel 9:25

SamuelSaul

23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

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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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  • Deuteronomy 22:8

    When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

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  • Acts 10:9

    On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

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  • 2 Samuel 11:2

    And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

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  • Nehemiah 8:16

    So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

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  • Jeremiah 19:13

    And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

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  • Matthew 10:27

    What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

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