And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
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4 additional translationsAnd he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
and he strippeth off--he also--his garments, and prophesieth--he also--before Samuel, and falleth down naked all that day and all the night; therefore they say, `Is Saul also among the prophets?'
And he himself also stripped off his clothes, and prophesied, himself also, before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
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