“They went up to the city. As they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them to go up to the high place.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 9 contains 27 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.