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The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

1 Samuel 9:3

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665 · Ashmolean Museum, Oxford · Public domainGerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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1 Samuel 9:3 (WEB)

The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Now take one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”

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Basil the Great

  • ““Asses are lost” that there may be a king of Israel.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ix. 3. So six mss. Editors have substituted “enemies.” The letter does not exist in the Codex Harlæanus. ῎Ονοι is supposed to mean that Faustinus and…

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Gregory of Nazianzus

  • “…though he had not been unknown to me before; and in my pursuit of letters, I attained to happiness; and in another fashion had the same experience as Saul, who, seeking his father’s asses, found a kingdom, and gained incidentally what was of more importance than the object which he had in view.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ix. 3.

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