Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 10:4

A church father on this verse
“But what they are in themselves and what they are to others, he sets forth, saying: 'And when they have greeted you, they will give you two loaves, and you shall receive them from their hand.' Holy men greet us when they announce to us the eternal goods of salvation. Those who greet us in the body incline their head t…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 5

Source: Septuagint

Original

4And they shall ask thee how thou doest, and shall give thee two presents of bread, and thou shalt receive them of their hand.

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2As soon as thou shalt have departed this day from me, thou shalt find two men by the burial place of Rachel on the mount of Benjamin, exulting greatly; and they shall say to thee, The asses are found which ye went to seek; and, behold, thy father has given up the matter of the asses, and he is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

3And thou shalt depart thence, and shalt go beyond that as far as the oak of Tabor, and thou shalt find there three men going up to God to Bethel, one bearing three kids, and another bearing three vessels of bread, and another bearing a bottle of wine.

— 1 Samuel 10:4 —

5And afterward thou shalt go to the hill of God, where is the encampment of the Philistines; there is Nasib the Philistine: and it shall come to pass when ye shall have entered into the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the Bama; and before them will be lutes, and a drum, and a pipe, and a harp, and they shall prophesy.

6And the Spirit of the Lord shall come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

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