1 Samuel 9:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

1 Samuel 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for [he that is] now [called] a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

Ver. 9. Beforetime in Israel.] Of old, Antiquitus. Such was the piety of the people in the purer times, as Genesis 25:22 .

Come, and let us go to the seer.] The man whose eyes are open to see God and his visions as clearly, and as certainly, as if he had seen them with his eyes. 1Pe 1:12

1 Samuel 9:9

9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)