Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
that Jehovah called Samuel: and he said, Here am I.
WEB
Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
YLT
and Jehovah calleth unto Samuel, and he saith, `Here am I.'
DBT
that Jehovah called to Samuel. And he said, Here am I.
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