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1 Samuel 13:8-10
New English Translation
1 Samuel 13:8-10
New English Translation
8 He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel.[a] But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul.[b]
9 So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” Then he offered a burnt offering. 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.[c]
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- 1 Samuel 13:8 tn This apparently refers to the instructions given by Samuel in 1 Sam 10:8. If so, several years had passed. On the relationship between chs. 10 and 13, see V. P. Long, The Art of Biblical History (FCI), 201-23.
- 1 Samuel 13:8 tn Heb “dispersed from upon him”; NAB, NRSV “began to slip away.”
- 1 Samuel 13:10 tn Heb “to bless him.”
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