1 Samuel 9:25

Modern

And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.

Traditional

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

Literal

And they had come down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul on the roof.

Latin

Et descenderunt de excelso in oppidum, et locutus est cum Saule in solario: stravitque Saul in solario, et dormivit.

Hebrew

English

And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.

A typical house had a flat roof used for many purposes, like sleeping during warm weather (see Deuteronomy 22:8; 2 Kings 4:10).

Saul became powerful through three main events:

Theme notes and profiles

Acts 10:9
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
Deuteronomy 22:8
If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Nehemiah 8:16
And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
Jeremiah 19:13
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

Saul: First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel