1st Samuel Chapter 9 verse 18 Holy Bible
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
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Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.
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And Saul drew near to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
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Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
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Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
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Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, Please, where the seer's house is.
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And Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, where `is' this -- the seer's house?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - In the gate. The same preposition is used here as that translated "into the city" in ver. 14. The contradiction which many commentators suppose that they find between the two verses arises from their not remembering that prepositions constantly lose their original meaning. Literally the preposition means in the middle, but its common meaning is simply within. So with us immediately has lost all reference to the middle, though derived from that word, and signifies directly, at once. Saul, then, and his servant were just going (it is a present participle) within the city when they meet Samuel coming out, and accost him in the very portal.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) In the gate.--The LXX. (Greek Version) here reads, "in the midst of the city." It is not improbable that this is the original reading, it being very possible for a scribe to write the Hebrew word "gate" for "city."