When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, let us go back, lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us.”
God raises the poor from dust to set them among princes, not by chance or human planning but by His own counsel. Saul steps into the throne from nothing, yet we find him first in the humblest errand, seeking his father's lost asses. His ready obedience to his father in this small thing is commendable, and it shows us that those entrusted with much should know the state of their possessions, and children should serve their parents' interests faithfully.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Samuel 9:3-10
And when they were come to the land of Zuph,.... In which was Ramathaimzophim, the native place of Samuel, Sa1 1:1 and so the Targum here,"the land in which was the prophet" Saul said to the servant that was with him, come, and let us return; home, despairing of finding the asses after so long a search in divers places: lest my father leave caring...
[And] when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that [was] with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave [caring] for the asses, and take thought for us. (d) Where was Ramath Zophim, the city of Samuel.