1 Samuel 2:6 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

KJV

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ASV

Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

WEB

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

YLT

Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

DBT

Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

About this book

Old Testament

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1 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

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26 verses on the floor

Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Job 5:18
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Hosea 6:1
Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Ecclesiastes 3:3
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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He presides in births and burials. Whenever any die it is God that directs the arrows of death. Death is his messenger, strikes whom and when he bids; none are brought to the dust but it is he that brings them down, for in his hand are the keys of death and the grave, Rev. i.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up--that is, He reduces to the lowest state of degradation and misery, and restores to prosperity and happiness.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1SA 2:6DEU 32:39 HOS 6:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1SA 2:6REV 1:18 ROM 6:9
1SA 2:6DEU 32:39 JOB 5:18
1SA 2:6ISA 26:19 DAN 12:2
1SA 2:6DEU 32:39 ISA 45:5
1SA 2:6JOB 5:18 DEU 32:39
1SA 2:6DEU 32:39 ISA 45:22
1SA 2:6DEU 32:39 ISA 46:4

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