Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
WEB
Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.
YLT
And Saul goeth up from after the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone to their place;
DBT
And Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
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