And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
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4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsAnd the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
And the men do so, and take two suckling kine, and bind them in the cart, and their young ones they have shut up in the house;
And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
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