Go up before me unto the high place. —Samuel's directing the young stranger to precede him to the public place of sacrifice was a …

As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until…

And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer
For he supposed, by inquiring for his house, that his business was…

Samuel, that good prophet, was so far from envying Saul or bearing him any ill-will, that he was the first and most eager to do him honour. Both th…