Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when they were come to the land of Suph, Saul said to the servant that was with him: Come, let us return, lest perhaps my father forget the asses, and be concerned for us. Zuph 1 Samuel 1:1 There was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite: take thought 1 Samuel 10:2 When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt find two men by the sepulchre of Rachel in the borders of Benjamin to the south, and they shall say to thee: The asses are found which thou wentest to seek: and thy father, thinking no more of the asses, is concerned for you, and saith: What shall I do for my son? Matthew 6:25,28,34 Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat: and the body more than the raiment? . . . Luke 12:11,22 And when they shall bring you into the synagogues and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say. . . . Context Saul Chosen as King…4And through the land of Salisa, and had not found them, they passed also through the land of Salim, and they were not there: and through the land of Jemini, and found them not. 5And when they were come to the land of Suph, Saul said to the servant that was with him: Come, let us return, lest perhaps my father forget the asses, and be concerned for us.6And he said to him: Behold there is a man of God in this city, a famous man: all that he saith, cometh certainly to pass. Now, therefore, let us go thither, perhaps he may tell us of our way, for which we are come.… Cross References 1 Samuel 1:1 There was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite: 1 Samuel 10:2 When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt find two men by the sepulchre of Rachel in the borders of Benjamin to the south, and they shall say to thee: The asses are found which thou wentest to seek: and thy father, thinking no more of the asses, is concerned for you, and saith: What shall I do for my son? Lexicon When theyהֵ֗מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They reached בָּ֚אוּ (bā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land of Zuph, צ֔וּף (ṣūp̄) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6689: Zuph -- ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel Saul וְשָׁא֥וּל (wə·šā·’ūl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites said אָמַ֛ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to his servant, לְנַעֲר֥וֹ (lə·na·‘ă·rōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer “Come, לְכָ֣ה (lə·ḵāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk let us go back, וְנָשׁ֑וּבָה (wə·nā·šū·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again or פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest my father אָבִ֛י (’ā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1: Father will stop [worrying] יֶחְדַּ֥ל (yeḥ·dal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle about מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of the donkeys הָאֲתֹנ֖וֹת (hā·’ă·ṯō·nō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 860: A female donkey and start worrying וְדָ֥אַג (wə·ḏā·’aḡ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1672: To be anxious or concerned, to fear about us.” לָֽנוּ׃ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew Additional Translations When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. When they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return, lest my father leave off caring for the asses, and be anxious for us. And when they came to Siph, then Saul said to his young man that was with him, Come and let us return, lest my father leave the asses, and take care for us. They had come to the land of Zuph when Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come and let us return; lest my father give up the asses, and be anxious about us. When they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. And when they had come to the land of Zuf, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and be anxious for us. When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, and let us return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys, and be anxious for us." They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who is with him, 'Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.' Jump to Previous Anxious Asses Care Caring Cease Concerned District Donkeys Reached Saul Servant Sorrowful Start Stop Thinking Thought Troubled Turn Worrying Young ZuphJump to Next Anxious Asses Care Caring Cease Concerned District Donkeys Reached Saul Servant Sorrowful Start Stop Thinking Thought Troubled Turn Worrying Young ZuphExternal Links 1 Samuel 9:5 NIV1 Samuel 9:5 NLT 1 Samuel 9:5 ESV 1 Samuel 9:5 NASB 1 Samuel 9:5 ASV 1 Samuel 9:5 Bible Apps 1 Samuel 9:5 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 9:5 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 9:5 French Bible 1 Samuel 9:5 German Bible Alphabetical: about and anxious back be become came cease Come concerned district donkeys else father for go him his land let let's my of or reached return said Saul servant start stop the they thinking to us was When who will with worrying Zuph OT History: 1 Samuel 9:5 When they had come to the land (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |