And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.
and bringeth nigh before Saul, and before his servants, and they eat, and rise, and go on, during that night.
and she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. And they rose up and went away that night.
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