1 Samuel 9:3-10 Some donkeys belonging to Kish wandered off. He said to Saul: »Take one of the servants with you and look for the donkeys.«

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ Some donkeys belonging to Kish wandered off. He said to Saul: »Take one of the servants with you and look for the donkeys.« ⁴ They went through the mountains of Ephraim and the region of Shalishah, but did not find them. They went on through the region of Shaalim, but the donkeys were not there. Then they went through the territory of Benjamin, but still did not find them. ⁵ When they came to the territory of Zuph, Saul told his servant who was with him: »Let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and worry about us instead.« ⁶ The servant responded: »There’s a man of God in this city, a highly respected man. Everything he says is sure to happen. Let us go there. Maybe he will tell us which way we should go.« ⁷ Saul said: »How can we talk to the prophet when I do not have anything to give him? We do not even have any food left in our sacks. What can we give him?« ⁸ »I have a small piece of silver,« the servant answered. »We can give him that. Then he will tell us where to look for the donkeys.« ⁹ Formerly in Israel, when a person went to ask God a question, he would say: »Come; let’s go to the seer.« This is because a prophet used to be called a seer. ¹⁰ Saul told his servant: »That is a good idea! Come on let us go.« They went to the city where the man of God was.