Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
WEB
Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
YLT
And Jonathan answereth Saul, `David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem,
DBT
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me [to go] to Bethlehem,
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