1 Samuel 9:20

9:20 Don’t be concerned ¹  about the donkeys that you lost three days ago, for they have been found. Whom does all Israel desire? Is it not you, and all your father’s family?” ² 

1 Samuel 9:1

Samuel Meets with Saul

9:1 There was a Benjaminite man named Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin. He was a prominent person.

1 Samuel 10:14

10:14 Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” Saul ³  replied, “To look for the donkeys. But when we realized they were lost, ⁴  we went to Samuel.”

1 Samuel 10:16

10:16 Saul said to his uncle, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul ⁵  did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship.

¹ tn Heb “do not fix your heart.”

² tn Heb “and all the house of your father.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “And we saw that they were not.”

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.