Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
But the lad knew not anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
WEB
But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
YLT
And the youth hath not known anything, only Jonathan and David knew the word.
DBT
And the lad knew nothing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
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