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1 Samuel 10:7-9
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1 Samuel 10:7-9
New English Translation
7 “When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you.[a] 8 You will go down to Gilgal before me. I am going to join you there to offer burnt offerings and to make peace offerings. You should wait for seven days until I arrive and tell you what to do.”
Saul Becomes King
9 As Saul[b] turned[c] to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person.[d] All these signs happened on that very day.
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- 1 Samuel 10:7 sn In light of Saul’s commission to be Israel’s deliverer (see v. 1), it is likely that some type of military action against the Philistines (see v.5) is implied.
- 1 Samuel 10:9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 1 Samuel 10:9 tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”
- 1 Samuel 10:9 tn Heb “God turned for him another heart”; NAB, NRSV “gave him another heart”; NIV, NCV “changed Saul’s heart”; TEV “gave Saul a new nature”; CEV “made Saul feel like a different person.”
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