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1 Samuel 13:10-12
New English Translation
1 Samuel 13:10-12
New English Translation
10 Just when he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel appeared on the scene. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.[a]
11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me,[b] and that you didn’t come at the appointed time, and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash, 12 I thought,[c] ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obligated[d] to offer the burnt offering.”
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- 1 Samuel 13:10 tn Heb “to bless him.”
- 1 Samuel 13:11 tn Heb “dispersed from upon me.”
- 1 Samuel 13:12 tn Heb “said.”
- 1 Samuel 13:12 tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”
1 Samuel 13:10-12
New International Version
1 Samuel 13:10-12
New International Version
10 Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel(A) arrived, and Saul went out to greet(B) him.
11 “What have you done?” asked Samuel.
Saul replied, “When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Mikmash,(C) 12 I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal,(D) and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.(E)’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
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