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Saul’s Unlawful Sacrifice

1 Samuel 13:15

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.LXX Then Samuel set out, and the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the army; they went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin.
KJV
And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.present: Heb. found
WEB
Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul counted the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
ASV
And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
LSV
And Samuel rises, and goes up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; and Saul inspects the people who are found with him, about six hundred men,
YLT
And Samuel riseth, and goeth up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; and Saul inspecteth the people who are found with him, about six hundred men,
DBY
And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.
DRC
And Samuel arose and went up from Galgal to Gabaa of Benjamin. And the rest of the people went up after Saul, to meet the people who fought against them, going from Galgal to Gabaa in the hill of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people, that were found with him, about six hundred men.
GNV
And Samuel arose, and gate him vp from Gilgal in Gibeah of Beniamin: and Saul nombred the people that were found with him, about sixe hundreth men.
JPS
And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeath-benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
LXXE
And Samuel arose, and departed from Galgala, and the remnant of the people went after Saul to meet him after the men of war, when they had come out of Galgala to Gabaa of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.

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  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: וַיֵּלֶךְ (“and he went”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: לְדַרְכּוֹ (“on way his”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: וְיֶתֶר (“and the rest of”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: הָעָם (“the people”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: עָלָה (“it went up”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: אַחֲרֵי (“after”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: שָׁאוּל (“Saul”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: לִקְרַאת (“to meet”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: עַם־ (“[the] people”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: הַמִּלְחָמָה (“[of] the battle”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: וַיָּבֹאוּ (“and they went”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: מִן־ (“from”).
  • Hebrew reconstructed from the Greek Septuagint in BHS or BHK: הַגִּלְגָּל (“the Gilgal”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֣קָם שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל וַיַּ֛עַל מִן־הַגִּלְגָּ֖ל גִּבְעַ֣ת בִּנְיָמִ֑ן וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד שָׁא֗וּל אֶת־הָעָם֙ הַנִּמְצְאִ֣ים עִמּ֔וֹ כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀνέστη Σαμουὴλ, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἐκ Γαλγάλων· καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα τοῦ λαοῦ ἀνέβη ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ εἰς ἀπάντησιν ὀπίσω τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ πολεμιστοῦ· αὐτῶν παραγενομένων ἐκ Γαλγάλων εἰς Γαβαὰ Βενιαμίν. Καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο Σαοὺλ τὸν λαὸν τὸν εὑρεθέντα μετʼ αὐτοῦ ὡς ἑξακοσίους ἄνδρας.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:2He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent…
  • 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,
  • 1 Samuel 13:6–7Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns. Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of…

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