Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
WEB
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
YLT
your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.
DBT
He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants.
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