Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul’s men began to scatter. New Living Translation Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn’t come. Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away. English Standard Version He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him. Berean Standard Bible And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul. King James Bible And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. New King James Version Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. New American Standard Bible Now he waited for seven days, until the appointed time that Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. NASB 1995 Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. NASB 1977 Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. Legacy Standard Bible So he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. Amplified Bible Now Saul waited seven days, according to the appointed time which Samuel had set, but Samuel had not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering away from Saul. Christian Standard Bible He waited seven days for the appointed time that Samuel had set, but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the troops were deserting him. Holman Christian Standard Bible He waited seven days for the appointed time that Samuel had set, but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the troops were deserting him. American Standard Version And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he waited seven days until the time of Shemueil, and Shemueil did not come to Galgala and the people were scattered from the presence of Shaul Brenton Septuagint Translation And he continued seven days for the appointed testimony, as Samuel told him, and Samuel came not to Galgala, and his people were dispersed from him. Contemporary English Version and they were starting to run off and leave him. Saul waited there seven days, just as Samuel had ordered him to do, but Samuel did not come. Douay-Rheims Bible And he waited seven days according to the appointment of Samuel, and Samuel came not to Galgal, and the people slipt away from him. English Revised Version And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. GOD'S WORD® Translation He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel. But Samuel had not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to scatter. Good News Translation He waited seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him to do, but Samuel still had not come to Gilgal. The people began to desert Saul, International Standard Version Saul waited seven days for the appointment set by Samuel. When Samuel did not arrive at Gilgal, as the people began to scatter from Saul, JPS Tanakh 1917 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed; but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. Literal Standard Version And he waits seven days, according to the appointment with Samuel, and Samuel has not come to Gilgal, and the people are scattered from off him. Majority Standard Bible And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul. New American Bible He waited seven days, until the appointed time Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come, and the army deserted Saul. NET Bible He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. New Revised Standard Version He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people began to slip away from Saul. New Heart English Bible And he stayed seven days, according to the time that Samuel had said. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people began to abandon him. Webster's Bible Translation And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. World English Bible He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel; but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him. Young's Literal Translation And he waiteth seven days, according to the appointment with Samuel, and Samuel hath not come to Gilgal, and the people are scattered from off him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice8And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul. 9So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.… Cross References 1 Samuel 10:8 And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do." 2 Samuel 20:5 So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him. Treasury of Scripture And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. tarried 1 Samuel 10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. Jump to Previous Appointed Appointment Samuel Saul's Scatter Scattered Scattering Seven Starting Tarried Time Waited Waiteth WaitingJump to Next Appointed Appointment Samuel Saul's Scatter Scattered Scattering Seven Starting Tarried Time Waited Waiteth Waiting1 Samuel 13 1. Saul's select band3. He calls the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines 5. The Philistines' great army 6. The distress of the Israelites 8. Saul, weary of staying for Samuel, sacrifices 11. Samuel reproves him 17. The three raiding parties of the Philistines 19. The policy of the Philistines, to allow no blacksmith in Israel (8) And he tarried seven days.--When was this "set time" appointed? It seems difficult at first to refer back to the day of Saul's mysterious prophetic consecration (1Samuel 10:8), which took place at least some three or four years--perhaps much longer--before the event here related, especially as we know that Saul and Samuel had been together on one occasion certainly at Gilgal in the meantime (1Samuel 11:14-15); and yet the extraordinary solemnity of the warning of the seer at the time of the anointing at Ramah evidently pointed to some event which should in the future happen at Gilgal, and which would be a most important epoch in King Saul's career. All these conditions are satisfied in the meeting between the prophet and the king, here related. It is best, then, to understand this event as the one alluded to on the day of anointing at Ramah, and to conclude that this grave warning and positive direction had been repeated, probably more than once, since then by the seer to the king. (On the place Gilgal, and on the nature of the "sin of Saul," which was so terribly punished, see Excursus E and F at end of this Book.) Saul, we read, waited seven days, but before the seventh expired, gave up waiting, and offered the sacrifice without the seer, and thus, as Josephus says, "he did not fully obey the command." His faith failed him under pressure at the last, and he acted on his own responsibility, quite irrespective of the positive command of God. The people were scattered from him.--This trial of the king's faith was doubtless a severe one. The panic which pervaded all Israel was every hour thinning the host Saul had gathered round him at Gilgal. The martial king longed for a chance of joining battle: and this he was forbidden to do until the seer had offered sacrifice, and publicly inquired of the Lord; and the day passed by, and Samuel came not. An attack on the part of the Philistine army, encamped at no great distance, seemed imminent, and Saul's forces were rapidly melting away. Verse 8. - Seven days, according, to the set time. See on 1 Samuel 10:8. The lapse of time between Samuel's appointment of the seven days during which Saul was to wait for him to inaugurate the war of independence, and the present occasion, was probably not so great as many commentators suppose; for 1 Samuel 13:1 is, as we have seen, wrongly translated, and everything else leads to the conclusion that the defeat of the Ammonites, the choice of the 3000, and Jonathan's attack on the garrison at Geba followed rapidly upon one another. As the Philistines would rightly regard Israel's choice of a king as an act of rebellion, we cannot suppose them to have been so supine and negligent as not at once to have prepared for war. Had appointed. The Hebrew word for this has been omitted by some accident. It is given in the Septuagint and Chaldee and some MSS. The whole importance of the occurence arose out of its having been appointed by Samuel on his selection of Saul as king.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And [Saul] waitedוַיּ֣וֹחֶל ׀ (way·yō·w·ḥel) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3176: To wait, to be patient, hope seven שִׁבְעַ֣ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number days יָמִ֗ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day for the time appointed לַמּוֹעֵד֙ (lam·mō·w·‘êḏ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting by אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that Samuel, שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל (šə·mū·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel but Samuel שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל (šə·mū·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel did not וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no come בָ֥א (ḇā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go to Gilgal, הַגִּלְגָּ֑ל (hag·gil·gāl) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1537: Gilgal -- 'circle (of stones)', the name of several places in Palestine and the troops הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock began to desert וַיָּ֥פֶץ (way·yā·p̄eṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered [Saul]. מֵעָלָֽיו׃ (mê·‘ā·lāw) Preposition-m | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links 1 Samuel 13:8 NIV1 Samuel 13:8 NLT 1 Samuel 13:8 ESV 1 Samuel 13:8 NASB 1 Samuel 13:8 KJV 1 Samuel 13:8 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 13:8 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 13:8 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 13:8 French Bible 1 Samuel 13:8 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 13:8 He stayed seven days according to (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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