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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