Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.'
But if ye do wickedly, ye shall perish, both ye and your king.
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