Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
WEB
And when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.
YLT
And he ceaseth from prophesying, and cometh in to the high place,
DBT
And when he had ended prophesying, he came to the high place.
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