18 Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, "Would you please tell me where the seer's house is?"
18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
18 Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, "Tell me where is the house of the seer?"
18 Saul came up to Samuel in the street and said, "Pardon me, but can you tell me where the Seer lives?"
18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, "Please tell me, where is the seer's house?"
18 Just then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and asked, "Can you please tell me where the seer's house is?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 9:18
Commentary on 1 Samuel 9:18-27
(Read 1 Samuel 9:18-27)
Samuel, that good prophet, was so far from envying Saul, or bearing him any ill-will, that he was the first and most forward to do him honour. Both that evening and early the next morning, Samuel communed with Saul upon the flat roof of the house. We may suppose Samuel now convinced Saul that he was the person God had fixed upon for the government, and of his own willingness to resign. How different are the purposes of the Lord for us, from our intentions for ourselves! Perhaps Saul was the only one who ever went out to seek asses, and literally found a kingdom; but many have set out and moved their dwellings to seek riches and pleasures, who have been guided to places where they found salvation for their souls. Thus they have met with those who addressed them as if aware of the secrets of their lives and hearts, and have been led seriously to regard the word of the Lord. If this has been our case, though our worldly plans have not prospered, let us not care for that; the Lord has given us, or has prepared us for, what is far better.