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1 Samuel 14:38

Saul

36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

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BSB
Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
KJV
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
WEB
Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see in whom this sin has been today.
ASV
And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
DARBY
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the heads of the people; and know and see wherein this sin has been this day.
BLB
And Saul said, “Draw near here, all the chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today.
ÅB
Da sa Saul: Tred hit alle høvdinger blant folket, så dere kan få vite og se hvordan det har seg med den synd som er gjort idag!
OTB
Så sa Saul: «Kom hit, alle folkets høvdinger, og vit og se hvor denne synden har vært i dag.
B1930
Da sa Saul: Tred hit alle høvdinger blandt folket, så I kan få vite og se hvorledes det har sig med den synd som er gjort idag!

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Cross references

  • Numbers 24:17

    I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

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  • Joshua 7:11

    Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

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  • Zechariah 10:4

    Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

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  • Joshua 7:14–26

    In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

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  • Psalms 47:9

    The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

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  • 2 Samuel 18:3

    But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

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  • 1 Samuel 10:19–20

    And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

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  • Judges 20:2

    And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

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