Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Jehovah.
WEB
So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
YLT
And Samuel turneth back after Saul, and Saul boweth himself to Jehovah;
DBT
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Jehovah.
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