1 Samuel 14:35

Good News Translation

Saul built an altar to the Lord , the first one that he built.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar to the Lord.

Hebrew Names Version
Sha'ul built an altar to the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

King James Version
And Saul built an altar unto the Lord : the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord .

Lexham English Bible
Then Saul built an altar to Yahweh; it was the first altar he built to Yahweh.

English Standard Version
And Saul built an altar to the Lord ; it was the first altar that he built to the Lord .

New Century Version
Then Saul built an altar to the Lord . It was the first altar he had built to the Lord .

New English Translation
Then Saul built an altar for the Lord ; it was the first time he had built an altar for the Lord .

Amplified Bible
And Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
And Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Saul made an altar vnto the Lorde, and that was the first altar that he made vnto the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Saul built an altar to Yahweh; it was the first altar that he built to Yahweh.

Contemporary English Version
It was the first altar Saul had built for offering sacrifices to the Lord .

Complete Jewish Bible
Sha'ul erected an altar to Adonai ; it was the first altar that he erected to Adonai .

Darby Translation
And Saul built an altar to Jehovah: this was the first altar he built to Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Saul built an altar for the Lord . Saul himself began building that altar for the Lord .

George Lamsa Translation
And Saul built there an altar to the LORD; thus he began to build his first altar to the LORD.

Literal Translation
And Saul built an altar to Jehovah. With it he began to build an altar to Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Saul buylded an altare vnto ye LORDE. This is the first altare that he buylded vnto the LORDE.

American Standard Version
And Saul built an altar unto Jehovah: the same was the first altar that he built unto Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Saul made an aulter vnto ye Lord: And that was the first aulter that he made vnto the Lorde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Saul built an altar unto the LORD; the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.

King James Version (1611)
And Saul built an altar vnto the Lord: the same was the first altar that he built vnto the Lord.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Saul built an altar there to the Lord: this was the first altar that Saul built to the Lord.

English Revised Version
And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Saul bildide an auter to the Lord; and thanne firste he bigan to bilde an auter to the Lord.

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah.

Update Bible Version
And Saul built an altar to Yahweh: the same was the first altar that he built to Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul built an altar to the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built to the LORD:

World English Bible
Saul built an altar to Yahweh: the same was the first altar that he built to Yahweh.

New King James Version
Then Saul built an altar to the LORD. This was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

New Living Translation
Then Saul built an altar to the Lord ; it was the first of the altars he built to the Lord .

New Life Bible
And Saul built an altar to the Lord. It was the first altar that he built to the Lord.

New Revised Standard
And Saul built an altar to the Lord ; it was the first altar that he built to the Lord .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Saul built an altar unto Yahweh, - the same, was the first altar that he built unto Yahweh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul built an altar to the Lord: and he then first began to build an altar to the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
And Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

THE MESSAGE
That's the story behind Saul's building an altar to God . It's the first altar to God that he built.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

Contextual Overview

²⁴ The Israelites were weak with hunger that day, because Saul, with a solemn oath, had given the order: "A curse be on anyone who eats any food today before I take revenge on my enemies." So nobody had eaten anything all day. ²⁵ They all came into a wooded area and found honey everywhere. ²⁶ The woods were full of honey, but no one ate any of it because they were all afraid of Saul's curse. ²⁷ But Jonathan had not heard his father threaten the people with a curse; so he reached out with the stick he was carrying, dipped it in a honeycomb, and ate some honey. At once he felt much better. ²⁸ But one of the men told him, "We are all weak from hunger, but your father threatened us and said, ‘A curse be on anyone who eats any food today.'" ²⁹ Jonathan answered, "What a terrible thing my father has done to our people! See how much better I feel because I ate some honey! ³⁰ How much better it would have been today if our people had eaten the food they took when they defeated the enemy. Just think how many more Philistines they would have killed!" ³¹ That day the Israelites defeated the Philistines, fighting all the way from Michmash to Aijalon. By this time the Israelites were very weak from hunger, ³² and so they rushed over to what they had captured from the enemy, took sheep and cattle, slaughtered them on the spot, and ate the meat with the blood still in it. ³³ Saul was told, "Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating meat with the blood in it." "You are traitors!" Saul cried out. "Roll a big stone over here to me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

built: It is probable that Saul converted the great stone, on which the cattle had been slaughtered, into an altar, on which sacrifices were offered, before the people attempted to proceed any further. This we are told was the first he had built. Samuel, as a prophet and priest, had hitherto erected the altars, but Saul seems to have thought he had sufficient authority to erect one himself, without the prophet, as he had once offered sacrifice without him. 1 Samuel 7:9, 1 Samuel 7:17, Judges 21:4, Hosea 8:14, 2 Timothy 3:5

the same: etc. Heb. that altar he began to build unto the Lord

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:5 - Aaron

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul built an altar unto the Lord,.... To offer peace offerings upon, in thankfulness for the victory obtained over his enemies, or sin offerings to make atonement for the sin of the people, perhaps both, however the former:

the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord; for though he had offered sacrifice at Gilgal, there was an altar ready built for him: or "he began to build"; he laid the first stone of it, and the builders built upon it; so some others say, that he was the first of the kings that built an altar to the Lord d; others, the first of the judges that built one; though Gideon built one, it was for his own private use, not for all Israel, as this, so R. Isaiah; but Ben Gersom, and so Abarbinel, refer this to the great stone Saul ordered to be rolled to him, and take the sense to be, that that began to be built an altar to the Lord; that was the beginning of one; for he did not now stay to finish it, being eager on his pursuit of the Philistines, as follows.

d See Kimchi in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Saul built ... - i. e., of the great stone which they had rolled to kill the oxen and sheep upon, he began to build an altar to Yahweh (see the margin); but he did not finish it (compare 1 Chronicles 27:24), in his haste to pursue the Philistines that night.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 14:35. Saul built an altar — And this we are informed was the first he had built; Samuel, as prophet had hitherto erected the altars, and Saul thought he had sufficient authority to erect one himself without the prophet, as he once offered sacrifice without him.