1 Samuel 3:20
18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
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Compare
- BSB
- So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
- KJV
- And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
- WEB
- All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
- ASV
- And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established a prophet of Jehovah.
- BLB
- And all Israel knew, from Dan and to Beersheba, that Samuel was established as a prophet of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Da skjønte hele Israel fra Dan til Be'erseba at Samuel var betrodd å være profet for Herren.
- OTB
- Og hele Israel fra Dan til Beersheba erkjente at Samuel var stadfestet som en profet for Herren.
- B1930
- Da skjønte hele Israel fra Dan til Be'erseba at Samuel var betrodd å være profet for Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 20:1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
Read in context2 Samuel 3:10
To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:12
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
Read in context2 Samuel 17:11
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
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