1 Samuel 9:23-25

Good News Translation

²³ Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the piece of meat I gave you, which I told you to set aside.” ²⁴ So the cook brought the choice piece of the leg and placed it before Saul. Samuel^[a] said, “Look, here is the piece that was kept for you. Eat it. I saved it for you to eat at this time with the people I invited.”^[b]

So Saul ate with Samuel that day. ²⁵ When they went down from the place of worship to the town, they fixed up a bed for Saul^[c] on the roof,^[d]