MANNAFEST

Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

KJV

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ASV

Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

WEB

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”

YLT

And Samuel saith unto the people, `Come and we go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there;'

DBT

And Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

About this book

Old Testament

1 SamuelThe 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

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