They needed more help from the Lord. So they asked him,“ Has the man come here yet?” The Lord said,“ Yes. He has hidden himself among the supplies.”

就问耶和华说：“那人到这里来了没有？”耶和华说：“他藏在器具中了。”

就再问耶和华说：“那人来到这里了没有？”耶和华说：“看哪，他藏在物品堆中。”

就再问耶和华说：“那人来到这里了没有？”耶和华说：“看哪，他藏在物品堆中。”

他们便求问耶和华，说：“这人来了吗？”耶和华说：“他来了，躲在行李堆中。”

于是他们求问耶和华：“那人到这里来了没有？”耶和华说：“他躲在那些物件中。”

于是他们再次求问耶和华：“那人来了这里没有？”耶和华说：“看哪，他躲藏在行李堆中。”

就問耶和華說：「那人到這裏來了沒有？」耶和華說：「他藏在器具中了。」

就再問耶和華說：「那人來到這裏了沒有？」耶和華說：「看哪，他藏在物品堆中。」

就再問耶和華說：「那人來到這裏了沒有？」耶和華說：「看哪，他藏在物品堆中。」

他們便求問耶和華，說：「這人來了嗎？」耶和華說：「他來了，躲在行李堆中。」

於是他們求問耶和華：“那人到這裡來了沒有？”耶和華說：“他躲在那些物件中。”

就問永恆主說：『那人到這裏來了沒有？』永恆主說：『看哪，他藏在行李中呢。』

於是他們再次求問耶和華：「那人來了這裡沒有？」耶和華說：「看哪，他躲藏在行李堆中。」

問於耶和華曰、其人至此乎、耶和華曰、彼匿於什物之間、

問於耶和華曰、不識其人可至此乎。耶和華曰、彼匿於什物之間。

復問於主曰、其人至此否、主曰、彼匿於什物之間、

So they inquired further of the Lord,“ Has the man come here yet?” And the Lord said,“ Yes, he has hidden himself among the supplies.”

So they inquired again of the Lord,“ Is there a man still to come?” and the Lord said,“ Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

So they asked the Lord,“ Where is he?” And the Lord replied,“ He is hiding among the baggage.”

They again inquired of the LORD,“ Has the man come here yet?” The LORD replied,“ There he is, hidden among the supplies.”

Therefore they inquired further of the Lord:“ Has the man come here yet?” And the Lord said,“ Behold, he is hiding himself among the baggage.”

Therefore they inquired of the Lord further,“ Has the man come here yet?” And the Lord answered,“ There he is, hidden among the equipment.”

Therefore they asked of Jehovah further, Is there yet a man to come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.

They again inquired of the Lord,“ Has the man come here yet?” The Lord replied,“ There he is, hidden among the supplies.”

Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

So they inquired again of the LORD,“ Has the man arrived here yet?” The LORD said,“ He has hidden himself among the equipment.”

Therefore they asked of Yahweh further,“ Is there yet a man to come here?” Yahweh answered,“ Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

Joshua will stand in front of Eleazar the priest. Eleazar will help him make decisions. Eleazar will get help from me by using the Urim. Joshua and the whole community of Israel must not make any move at all unless I command them to.”

Joshua died. After that, the Israelites spoke to the Lord. They asked him,“ Who of us will go up first and fight against the Canaanites?”

So he asked the Lord for advice. He said,“ Should I go and attack those Philistines?” The Lord answered him,“ Go and attack them. Save Keilah.”But David’s men said to him,“ We’re afraid here in Judah. Suppose we go to Keilah and fight against the Philistine army. Then we’ll be even more afraid.”Once again David asked the Lord what he should do. The Lord answered him,“ Go down to Keilah. I am going to hand the Philistines over to you.”

The Israelites went up to Bethel. There they asked God,“ Who should go up first and fight against the people of Benjamin?” The Lord answered,“ The tribe of Judah will go first.”

Will the citizens of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come down here, as I’ve heard he would? Lord, you are the God of Israel. Please answer me.” The Lord said,“ He will come down.”Again David asked,“ Will the citizens of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?” And the Lord said,“ They will.”

The Israelites went and wept in front of the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord,“ Should we go up again to fight against the men of Benjamin? They are our fellow Israelites.” The Lord answered,“ Go up and fight against them.”

Saul answered,“ But I’m from the tribe of Benjamin. It’s the smallest tribe in Israel. And my family group is the least important in the whole tribe of Benjamin. So why are you saying that to me?”

Phinehas was serving as priest at the ark. He was the son of Eleazar. Eleazar was the son of Aaron. The Israelites asked,“ Should we go up again to fight against the men of Benjamin? They are our fellow Israelites.” The Lord answered,“ Go. Tomorrow I will hand them over to you.”

All those who lift themselves up will be made humble. And those who make themselves humble will be lifted up.”

Samuel said,“ There was a time when you didn’t think you were important. But you became the leader of the tribes of Israel. The Lord anointed you to be king over Israel.