1 Samuel 9:26

They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Samuel addresses Saul on the roof of his house just before dawn, after they have descended from the high place, instructing him to prepare for departure.

The words — The Hebrew וַיִּשְׁכִּמוּ (va.yi.shik.mi) means “and they rose early,” while כַּעֲלֹת הַשַּׁחַר (ka.a.lot ha.sha.char) translates literally as “when the dawn came up.”

The thread — This urgent morning departure motif appears in Genesis 19:14 and Genesis 44:4, where figures are commanded to rise and move quickly before a decisive event.

Why it lands — The text records a straightforward command to prepare for a journey at daybreak, establishing the immediate context for Samuel’s subsequent revelation in 1 Samuel 9:27.

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The Hebrew words

וַיַּשְׁכִּ֗מוּva/i.yash.Ki.muand/ they rose early וַיְהִ֞יva/y.Hiand/ it was כַּעֲל֤וֹתka./'a.Lotwhen/ came up הַשַּׁ֙חַר֙ha./Sha.charthe/ dawn וַיִּקְרָ֨אva/i.yik.Ra'and/ he called שְׁמוּאֵ֤לshe.mu.'ElSamuel אֶל־'el-to שָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlSaul הַגָּ֣גָהha./gag./hthe/ roof/ towards לֵאמֹ֔רle./Mor<to>/ saying ק֖וּמָהKu.ma/harise/ !וַאֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּva./'a.sha.le.Che./kaso/ I may send away/ you וַיָּ֣קָםva/i.Ya.komand/ he arose שָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlSaul וַיֵּצְא֧וּva/i.ye.tze.'Uand/ they went out שְׁנֵיהֶ֛םshe.nei./Hem[the] two of/ them ה֥וּאhu'he וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖לu./she.mu.'Eland/ Samuel הַחֽוּצָה׃ha./Chu.tza/hthe/ outside/ towards

King James Version

And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

Cross-references

Genesis 19:14 So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
Genesis 44:4 They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
Joshua 7:13 Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
Judges 19:28 “Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

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