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Jonathan Eats the Honey

1 Samuel 14:35

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.
KJV
And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.the same…: Heb. that altar he began to build unto the LORD
WEB
Saul built an altar to Yahweh. This was the first altar that he built to Yahweh.
ASV
And Saul built an altar unto Jehovah: the same was the first altar that he built unto Jehovah.
LSV
And Saul builds an altar to YHWH; with it he has begun to build altars to YHWH.
YLT
And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah.
DBY
And Saul built an altar to Jehovah: this was the first altar he built to Jehovah.
DRC
And Saul built an altar to the Lord and he then first began to build an altar to the Lord.
GNV
Then Saul made an altar vnto the Lord, and that was the first altar that he made vnto the Lord.
JPS
And Saul built an altar unto the LORD; the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
LXXE
And Saul built an altar there to the Lord: this was the first altar that Saul built to the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּ֧בֶן שָׁא֛וּל מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָ֑ה אֹת֣וֹ הֵחֵ֔ל לִבְנ֥וֹת מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ Σαοὺλ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ· τοῦτο ἤρξατο Σαοὺλ οἰκοδομῆσαι θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ.

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👤 God👤 Saul◆ Reign of Saul

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 7:17Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
  • 1 Samuel 7:12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
  • 1 Samuel 7:9Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
  • 2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
  • Judges 21:4The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
  • Hosea 8:14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

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