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Read›1 Samuel›Chapter 8

Israel Demands a King

1 Samuel 8:4

In 11 translations

BSB
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
KJV
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
WEB
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
ASV
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;
LSV
And all [the] elderly of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Samuel at Ramath,
YLT
And all the elders of Israel gather themselves together, and come in unto Samuel to Ramath,
DBY
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,
DRC
Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled, came to Samuel to Ramatha.
GNV
Wherefore all the Elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel vnto Ramah,
JPS
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah.
LXXE
And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Armathaim to Samuel,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל הָרָמָֽתָה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ συναθροίζονται ἄνδρες Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ παραγίνονται εἰς ʼΑρμαθαὶμ πρὸς Σαμουὴλ,

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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.
  • 2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
  • Exodus 3:16Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to…
  • Exodus 24:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

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