And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
WEB
For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
YLT
And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.
DBT
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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