Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
WEB
“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
YLT
And the uncle of Saul saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, what Samuel said to you?'
DBT
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you.
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