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1 Samuel 15:12

Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”

BSB

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ASV

And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.

KJV

And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֧םvai.yash.Kemand he rose earlyH7925 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֛לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050 →
לִקְרַ֥אתlik.Ratto meetH7122 →
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586 →
בַּבֹּ֑קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morningH1242 →
וַיֻּגַּ֨דvai.yu.Gadand it was toldH5046 →
לִשְׁמוּאֵ֜לlish.mu.'Elto SamuelH8050 →
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
בָּֽא־ba'-he cameH935 →
שָׁא֤וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586 →
הַכַּרְמֶ֙לָה֙ha.kar.Me.lah<the> Carmel towardsH3760 →
וְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009 →
מַצִּ֥יבma.Tziv[he was] setting upH5324 →
לוֹ֙lofor <the> himself
יָ֔דYada monumentH3027 →
וַיִּסֹּב֙vai.yi.Soand he turnedH5437 →
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔רvai.ya.'a.Vorand he passed onH5674 →
וַיֵּ֖רֶדvai.Ye.redand he went downH3381 →
הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃ha.gil.Gal<the> GilgalH1537 →

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Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,1 Samuel 25:2Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.2 Samuel 18:18During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.Psalms 49:11Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.Joshua 4:8–9Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.1 Kings 18:42So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.1 Samuel 7:12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”1 Kings 18:19Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”Joshua 19:26Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,Numbers 31:13And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.

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