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1 Samuel 10:15

"So," said Saul's uncle, "what did Samuel tell you?"

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Saul;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Prophet;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Samuel, Books of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - King;   Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
Hebrew Names Version
Sha'ul's uncle said, Tell me, Please, what Shemu'el said to you.
King James Version
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
Lexham English Bible
So Saul's uncle said to him, "Please tell me, what did Samuel say to you?"
English Standard Version
And Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."
New Century Version
Saul's uncle asked, "Please tell me. What did Samuel say to you?"
New English Translation
Saul's uncle said, "Tell me what Samuel said to you."
Amplified Bible
Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me, what did Samuel say to you?"
New American Standard Bible
Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Sauls vncle saide, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said vnto you.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."
Contemporary English Version
"And what did he tell you?" Saul's uncle asked.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Tell me, please," said Sha'ul's uncle, "what Sh'mu'el said to you."
Darby Translation
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you.
Easy-to-Read Version
Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me, what did Samuel say to you?"
George Lamsa Translation
And Sauls uncle said to him, Tell me what Samuel said to you.
Good News Translation
"And what did he tell you?" Saul's uncle asked.
Literal Translation
And the uncle of Saul said, Please tell me what Samuel said to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Sauls vncle: Tell me, what sayde Samuel vnto you?
American Standard Version
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
Bible in Basic English
Then he said, And what did Samuel say to you?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Sauls vncle sayde: Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel sayd vnto you?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Saul's uncle said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.'
King James Version (1611)
And Sauls vncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said vnto you.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And his kinsman said to Saul, Tell me, I pray thee, What did Samuel say to thee?
English Revised Version
And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
Berean Standard Bible
"Tell me," Saul's uncle asked, "what did Samuel say to you?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the brother of his fadir seide to hym, Schewe thou to me what Samuel seide to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
And the uncle of Saul saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, what Samuel said to you?'
Update Bible Version
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray you, what Samuel said to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, What Samuel said to you.
World English Bible
Saul's uncle said, Tell me, Please, what Samuel said to you.
New King James Version
And Saul's uncle said, "Tell me, please, what Samuel said to you."
New Living Translation
"Oh? And what did he say?" his uncle asked.
New Life Bible
The brother of Saul's father said, "Tell me, what did Samuel say to you?"
New Revised Standard
Saul's uncle said, "Tell me what Samuel said to you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Saul's uncle said, - Do tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And his uncle said to him: Tell me what Samuel said to thee.
Revised Standard Version
And Saul's uncle said, "Pray, tell me what Samuel said to you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."

Contextual Overview

9 Saul turned and left Samuel. At that very moment God transformed him—made him a new person! And all the confirming signs took place the same day. 10When Saul and his party got to Gibeah, there were the prophets, right in front of them! Before he knew it, the Spirit of God came on Saul and he was prophesying right along with them. When those who had previously known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they were totally surprised. "What's going on here? What's come over the son of Kish? How on earth did Saul get to be a prophet?" One man spoke up and said, "Who started this? Where did these people ever come from?" That's how the saying got started, "Saul among the prophets! Who would have guessed?!" 13When Saul was done prophesying, he returned home. His uncle asked him and his servant, "So where have you two been all this time?" "Out looking for the donkeys. We looked and looked and couldn't find them. And then we found Samuel!" 15 "So," said Saul's uncle, "what did Samuel tell you?" 16 Saul said, "He told us not to worry—the donkeys had been found." But Saul didn't breathe a word to his uncle of what Samuel said about the king business.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 38:27 - and he told

Cross-References

Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras.
Genesis 10:3
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah.
Genesis 10:8
Cush also had Nimrod. He was the first great warrior on Earth. He was a great hunter before God . There was a saying, "Like Nimrod, a great hunter before God ." His kingdom got its start with Babel; then Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the country of Shinar. From there he went up to Asshur and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
Genesis 10:15
Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out, going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.
Genesis 10:20
These are the descendants of Ham by family, language, country, and nation.
Genesis 10:21
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons. Shem was ancestor to all the children of Eber.
Genesis 10:24
Arphaxad had Shelah and Shelah had Eber. Eber had two sons, Peleg (so named because in his days the human race divided) and Joktan.
Genesis 23:3
Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites: "I know I'm only an outsider here among you, but sell me a burial plot so that I can bury my dead decently."
Genesis 49:13
Zebulun settles down on the seashore; he's a safe harbor for ships, right alongside Sidon.
1 Chronicles 1:13
Canaan had Sidon (his firstborn) and Heth, and was ancestor to the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul's uncle said, c. l On hearing he had been with Samuel, and perceiving so great an alteration in Saul, perhaps he began to suspect something about the kingdom it being what everyone was talking of, and expecting every day to hear from Samuel who should be king, according to the Lord's appointment:

tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you; the earnestness with which he put this question seems to confirm the above conjecture.


 
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