22Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest room, and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons.


In Context

19 Samuel answered Saul, and said, |I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. In the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.

20 As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?|

21 Saul answered, |Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me like this?|

22 Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest room, and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons.

23 Samuel said to the cook, |Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, 'Set it aside.'|

24 The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. Samuel said, |Behold, that which has been reserved! Set it before yourself and eat; because for the appointed time has it been kept for you, for I said, 'I have invited the people.'| So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

1 Samuel 9:22 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:22Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall and seated them at the head of those who were invited- about thirty in number.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:22And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which [were] about thirty persons.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:22Then Samuel taking Saul and his servant, brought them into the parlour, and gave them a place at the head of them that were invited. For there were about thirty men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:22And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest-chamber, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, who were about thirty persons.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:22And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the chamber, and gave them a place at the head of them that were invited; and they were about thirty persons.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:22And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest-chamber, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:22And Samuel took Saul, and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the chief place among them that were invited, who were about thirty persons.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:22And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they are about thirty men.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:22And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the most chief place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.