Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
And Eli saith unto her, `Until when are thou drunken? turn aside thy wine from thee.'
And Eli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
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