Bible Strands
1 Samuel 9:25
And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Samuel addresses Saul on the roof of Saul's house immediately after they descend from the high place into the city following their shared meal.
The words — The Hebrew גָּג (gag) literally denotes a roof, while יָרְדוּ (yaredû) describes the action of going down from the high place into the city.
The thread — Roof settings appear in Deuteronomy 22:8 regarding the construction of safety railings, Acts 10:9 where Peter ascends to pray, and 2 Samuel 11:2 where David walks upon a palace roof.
Why it lands — The passage records a physical transition from a public dining ritual to a private conversation, requiring the reader to track the movement of key figures between designated locations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 22:8 If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
- Acts 10:9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
- 2 Samuel 11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
- Nehemiah 8:16 And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
- Jeremiah 19:13 The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
- Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.