Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
WEB
“Whom shall I bring up for you?” the woman asked. “Bring up Samuel,” he replied.
YLT
And the woman saith, `Whom do I bring up to thee?' and he saith, `Samuel--bring up to me.'
DBT
Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
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