Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.
WEB
“Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.
YLT
And the king saith, `Ask thou whose son this is --the young man.'
DBT
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son this youth is.
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