Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Then came the word of Jehovah unto Samuel, saying,
WEB
Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
YLT
And the word of Jehovah is unto Samuel, saying,
DBT
And the word of Jehovah came to Samuel, saying,
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