7. Saul said to his young boy, "But if we go, what should we bring to the man? The food in our bags is all gone. We don’t have any gift to offer the man of God. Do we have anything?"
8. "Here," the boy answered Saul, "I’ve got a quarter-shekel of silver. I’ll give that to the man of God so he tells us which way to go." (
9. Earlier in Israel, someone going to consult with God would say, "Let’s go to the seer," because the people who are called prophets today were previously called seers.)
10. Saul said to the boy, "Great idea! Let’s go." So they went into the town where the man of God lived.