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Saul Defeats the Ammonites

1 Samuel 11:4

In 11 translations

BSB
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
KJV
¶ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
WEB
Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice and wept.
ASV
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
LSV
And the messengers come to Gibeah of Saul, and speak the words in the ears of the people, and all the people lift up their voice and weep;
YLT
And the messengers come to Gibeah of Saul, and speak the words in the ears of the people, and all the people lift up their voice and weep;
DBY
And the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told these words in the ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voice and wept.
DRC
The messengers therefore came to Gabaa of Saul: and they spoke these words in the hearing of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
GNV
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and tolde these tidings in the eares of the people: and all the people lift vp their voices and wept.
JPS
Then came the messengers to Gibeath-shaul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
LXXE
And the messengers came to Gabaa to Saul, and they speak the words into the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים֙ גִּבְעַ֣ת שָׁא֔וּל וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ הַדְּבָרִ֖ים בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וַיִּשְׂא֧וּ כָל־הָעָ֛ם אֶת־קוֹלָ֖ם וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔρχονται οἱ ἄγγελοι εἰς Γαβαὰ πρὸς Σαούλ, καὶ λαλοῦσι τοὺς λόγους εἰς τὰ ὦτα τοῦ λαοῦ· καὶ ᾖραν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔκλαυσαν.

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👤 Saul📍 Gibeah◆ Reign of Saul

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
  • Judges 2:4When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
  • 1 Samuel 30:4So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
  • 1 Samuel 15:34Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
  • Judges 21:2So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
  • Galatians 6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
  • 2 Samuel 21:6let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
  • Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
  • Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
  • 1 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
  • 1 Samuel 14:2Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,

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