Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
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4 additional translationsThen said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
And Samuel saith unto the people, `Come and we go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there;'
And Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
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