1 Samuel 9 · Verse 25

1 Samuel 9:25

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
1 Samuel 9:25, King James Version

1 Samuel 9:25 in other translations

BSBAnd after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
WEBWhen they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.
ASVAnd when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop.
YLTAnd they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.
DARBYAnd they came down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul upon the roof.
BBEAnd when they had come down from the high place into the town, where a bed was made ready for Saul, he went to rest.
WebsterAnd when they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

What does 1 Samuel 9:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 9:25-27
25-27. Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house--Saul was taken to lodge with the prophet for that night. Before retiring to rest, they communed on the flat roof of the house, the couch being laid there (Jos 2:6), when, doubtless, Samuel revealed the secret and described the peculiar duties of a monarch in a nation so related to the Divine King as Israel. Next morning early, Samuel roused his guest, and conveying him on his way towards the skirts of the city, sought, before parting, a private interview--the object of which is narrated in the next chapter.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Upon the top of the house - All the houses in the East were flat-roofed; on these people walked, talked, and frequently slept, for the sake of fresh and cooling air.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 9:18-27

Samuel, that good prophet, was so far from envying Saul, or bearing him any ill-will, that he was the first and most forward to do him honour. Both that evening and early the next morning, Samuel communed with Saul upon the flat roof of the house. We may suppose Samuel now convinced Saul that he was the person God had fixed upon for the government, and of his own willingness to resign. How different are the purposes…

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1 Samuel 9:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּרְד֥וּvai.ye.re.Duand they went downH3381
מֵהַבָּמָ֖הme.ha.ba.Mahfrom the high placeH1116
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
וַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
עִם\־'im-withH5973
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַגָּֽג\׃ha.Gagthe roofH1406

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 9:25

  • 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.

  • 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:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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De 22:8; 2Sa 11:2; Ne 8:16; Jer 19:13; Mt 10:27; Ac 10:9

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 9:24

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 9:25

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

  • 1 Samuel 9:26

    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.

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1 Samuel 9:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y cuando hubieron descendido del alto á la ciudad, él habló con Saúl en el terrado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils descendirent du haut lieu dans la ville, et Samuel parla avec Saül sur le toit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie gingen von der Höhe in die Stadt hinab; und er redete mit Saul auf dem Dache.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et descenderunt de excelso in oppidum, et locutus est cum Saule in solario: stravitque Saul in solario, et dormivit.