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Signs and Prophecies. “After that go to Gibeath-elohim where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high places with lyres, tambourines, flutes, and harps being played before them. They will be prophesying.[a]

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  1. 1 Samuel 10:5 Samuel’s time saw the formation of guilds of prophets, that is, men dedicated to divine worship, in which they accompanied the rites with chants and music; they worked themselves up to a kind of ecstasy and even delirium (1 Sam 19:20-24).

“After that you will go to Gibeah(A) of God, where there is a Philistine outpost.(B) As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets(C) coming down from the high place(D) with lyres, timbrels,(E) pipes(F) and harps(G) being played before them, and they will be prophesying.(H)

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“After that you will come to the Hill of God[a](A) where there are Philistine garrisons.[b] When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets(B) coming down from the high place prophesying.(C) They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.

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  1. 1 Samuel 10:5 Or to Gibeath-elohim
  2. 1 Samuel 10:5 Or governors