1 Samuele 9:13

La Riveduta Bibbia

Quando sarete entrati in città, lo troverete di certo, prima ch’egli salga all’alto luogo a mangiare. Il popolo non mangerà prima ch’egli sia giunto, perché è lui che deve benedire il sacrifizio; dopo di che, i convitati mangeranno. Or dunque salite, perché proprio ora lo troverete".

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
Come entrerete in citt, lo troverete certamente prima che salga allalto luogo a mangiare. Il popolo non manger finch egli non sia giunto, perch lui che deve benedire il sacrificio; dopo di ci gli invitati mangeranno. Or dunque salite, perch ora lo troverete".

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Quando voi giungerete nella città, voi lo troverete di certo, avanti ch’egli salga all’alto luogo a mangiare; perciocchè il popolo non mangerà, ch’egli non sia venuto; conciossiachè egli abbia da benedire il convito; poi appresso gli invitati mangeranno. Ora dunque salite; perciocchè appunto ora lo troverete.

Bible Verse Review
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he doth bless: Matthew 26:26, Mark 6:41, Luke 24:30, John 6:11, John 6:23, 1 Corinthians 10:30, 1 Timothy 4:4

this time: Heb. to-day

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 9:25 - And when 1 Samuel 16:3 - call Jesse 2 Samuel 15:11 - called Ezekiel 39:17 - Speak Matthew 14:19 - he blessed Matthew 15:36 - and gave thanks Matthew 22:3 - that Mark 8:6 - gave thanks Luke 22:17 - gave Acts 27:35 - and gave 1 Corinthians 10:18 - are 1 Timothy 4:3 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As soon as ye come into the city, ye shall straightway find him,.... By which it seems that the house of Samuel was at that end of it at which they entered; and with which agrees what is observed in the preceding verse, that "he was before them", his house was in sight of them:

before he go up to the high place to eat; intimating they would, if they made haste, come up to him before he got thither to sit down and eat with the people; for if they did not, they would not be able to see him and speak with him for some time, if on that day:

for the people will not eat until he come; partly out of affection and veneration for him, being their chief magistrate, as well as seer or prophet, and partly for the reason following:

because he doth bless the sacrifice; ask a blessing upon it, upon the meat of the peace offerings before it was eaten; for as this was usually done at every common meal, then much more at such a solemn festival as this. Jarchi gives us the form of blessing used on such an occasion,

"blessed art thou, O Lord our God, the King of the world, who hath sanctified us by his commandments, and hath commanded us to eat the sacrifice:''

and "afterwards they eat that be bidden"; for when a man offered his peace offerings, he not only had his family with him, but invited his friends, and the poor, and the fatherless, the strangers, and the Levites, to partake with him, see Deuteronomy 12:18, the number of the guests at this time, see in 1 Samuel 9:22.

Now therefore get ye up; ascend the hill as fast as ye can:

for about this time ye shall find him; that is, by the time they could get up the hill into the city they would find him coming out of his house to go to the sacrifice: or "as this day" h; so sure as the day is, so sure shall ye find him.

h כהיום "invenietis cum tam certo quam certum est hunc diem esse", Drusius; so Jarchi.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Before he go up - By this phrase we see that the high place was in the highest part of the city. Like the “house of the god Berith” Judges 9:46, it was probably the citadel of Ramah. There was connected with the altar a room large enough for thirty people to dine in 1 Samuel 9:22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 9:13. He doth bless the sacrifice — He alone can perform the religious rites which are used on this occasion.

Afterwards they eat that be bidden. — Among the Arabs, often a large feast is made of sacrificed camels, &c., and then the people of the vicinity are invited to come and partake of the sacrifice. This is the custom to which allusion is made here.