Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
WEB
Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
YLT
And Samuel goeth to Ramath, and Saul hath gone unto his house--to Gibeah of Saul.
DBT
And Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
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