6 The servant responded, “There’s a man of God in this city, a highly respected man. Everything he says is sure to happen. Let’s go there. Maybe he’ll tell us which way we should go.”
7 “If we go,” Saul asked his servant, “what could we bring the man since the food in our sacks is gone? There’s no present we can bring the man of God. What do we have?”
8 The servant again answered Saul, “Look, here! I have one-tenth of an ounce of silver. I’ll give it to the man of God. Then he’ll tell us where to find the donkeys.”
9 (Formerly in Israel, when a person went to ask God ⌊a question⌋, he would say, “Come, let’s go to the seer,” because a person we now call a prophet used to be called a seer.)
10 Saul told his servant, “That’s a good idea! Come on, let’s go.” They went to the city where the man of God was.
11 As they were going up the hill to the city, they met girls coming out to get water. They asked the girls, “Is the seer here?”
12 The girls answered, “He’s there ahead of you. Hurry! He ⌊just⌋ went into the city today since the people are offering a sacrifice on the worship site.