Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house [is].
Ver. 18. In the gate.] Heb., In the midst of the gate; Sept., In the midst of the city; Chaldee, Within the gate.
Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.] It seemeth, then, that Samuel bore no great import in his outside. Saul knew him not, though judge of Israel, by his clothes, or by his attendants.