And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, `This is David's spoil.'
And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before the other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
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