Cross Reference 1 SAMUEL 9:24 AND THE COOK TOOK UP THE SHOULDER AND THAT WHICH WAS UPON IT AND SET IT BEFORE SAUL AND SAMUEL SAID BEHOLD THAT WHICH IS LEFT SET IT BEFORE THEE AND EAT FOR UNTO THIS TIME HATH IT BEEN KEPT FOR THEE SINCE I SAID I HAVE INVITED THE PEOPLE SO SAUL DID EAT WITH SAMUEL THAT DAY

{1 Samuel 9:24} And the cook 2876 took up 7311 z8686 x853 the shoulder, 7785 and [that] which [was] upon x5921 it, and set 7760 z8799 [it] before 6440 Saul. 7586 And [Samuel] said, 559 z8799 Behold x2009 that which is left! 7604 z8737 set 7760 z8798 [it] before 6440 thee, [and] eat: 398 z8798 for x3588 unto this time 4150 hath it been kept 8104 z8803 for thee since I said, 559 z8800 I have invited 7121 z8804 the people. 5971 So Saul 7586 did eat 398 z8799 with x5973 Samuel 8050 that x1931 day. 3117

the shoulder:
Probably the shoulder was set before Saul, not because it was the best part, but because it was an emblem of the government to which he was now called. (See note on "For¹ unto us a childª is born,ª ° unto us a sonª is given:ª ° and the governmentª shall be upon¹ his shoulder:ª and his nameª shall be¹ calledª ° Wonderful,ª Counsellor,ª ° The mightyª God,ª The everlastingª Father,ª The Princeª of Peace.ª" {Isa 9:6}.) "And the rightª shoulderª shall ye giveª ° unto the priestª [for] an heave offeringª of the sacrificesª ¹ of your peace offerings.ª ... He among the sonsª ¹ of Aaron,ª that offerethª °¹ the bloodª of the peace offerings,ª and the fat,ª shall have¹ the rightª shoulderª for [his] part.² ¹" {Lev 7:32-33} + "Gatherª ° the piecesª thereof into¹ it, [even] every¹ goodª piece,ª the thigh,ª and the shoulder;ª fillª ° [it] with the choiceª bones.ª" {Ezk 24:4}