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?
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4 additional translationsAnd one of the same place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
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 a man thence answereth and saith, `And who is their father?' therefore it hath been for a simile, `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?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy