Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
WEB
And the servants told Saul what David had said.
YLT
And the servants of Saul declare to him, saying, `According to these words hath David spoken.'
DBT
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.
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