1 Samuel 10:12
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And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?

1 Samuel 10:13
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.

1 Samuel 19:23
And he went to Najoth, in Ramatha, and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied till he came to Najoth, in Ramatha.

1 Samuel 19:24
And he stripped himself also of his garments, and prophesied with the rest before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and night. This gave occasion to a proverb: What! is Saul too among the prophets?

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And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?

of the same place [heb] from thence

Isaiah 54:13 All thy children shall be taught of the Lord: and great shall be the peace of thy children.

John 6:45 It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard of the Father and hath learned cometh forth me.

John 7:16 Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

James 1:17 Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration.

Context
Samuel's Signs Fulfilled
11And all that had known him yesterday and the day before, seeing that he was with the prophets, and prophesied, said to each other: What is this that hath happened to the son of Cis? is Saul also among the prophets? 12And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?13And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.…
Lexicon
Then a man
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who lived there
מִשָּׁ֛ם (miš·šām)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

replied,
וַיַּ֨עַן (way·ya·‘an)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond

“And who
וּמִ֣י (ū·mî)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

is their father?”
אֲבִיהֶ֑ם (’ă·ḇî·hem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

So the saying
כֵּן֙ (kên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

became
הָיְתָ֣ה (hā·yə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a proverb:
לְמָשָׁ֔ל (lə·mā·šāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

“Is Saul
שָׁא֖וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

also
הֲגַ֥ם (hă·ḡam)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

among the prophets?”
בַּנְּבִאִֽים׃ (ban·nə·ḇi·’îm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet


Additional Translations
Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

And one of the same place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

And one of them answered and said, And who is his father? and therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

And a man of that place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

And one of the same place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

One of the same place answered, "Who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

And a man thence answereth and saith, 'And who is their father?' therefore it hath been for a simile, 'Is Saul also among the prophets?'
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