Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsNow David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
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