And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth–el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
and he hath gone from year to year, and gone round Beth-El, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all these places;
And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.
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