The servant answered Saul again, “Here, I have with me a quarter of a shekel[a] of silver, and I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.” (Formerly in Israel, when a man (A)went to inquire of God, he said, “Come, let us go to the seer,” for today's “prophet” was formerly called a seer.) 10 And Saul said to his servant, “Well said; come, let us go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:8 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

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