1 Samuel 10:20
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
1 Samuel 10:20 in other translations
| BSB | Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected. |
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| WEB | So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen. |
| ASV | So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken. |
| YLT | And Samuel bringeth near the whole tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin is captured, |
| DARBY | And Samuel caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken. |
| BBE | So Samuel made all the tribes of Israel come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken. |
| Webster | And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. |
What does 1 Samuel 10:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 10:17-25
17-25. Samuel called the people together ... at Mizpeh--a shaft-like hill near Hebron, five hundred feet in height. The national assemblies of the Israelites were held there. A day having been appointed for the election of a king, Samuel, after having charged the people with a rejection of God's institution and a superseding of it by one of their own, proceeded to the nomination of the new monarch. As it was of the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 10:17-27
Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid himself. It is good to be conscious of our unworthiness and insufficiency for the services to which we are called; but men should not go into the contrary extreme, by refusing the employments to which the Lord and the church…
1 Samuel 10:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 10:20
- 1 Samuel 14:41
Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
- Acts 1:24-26
And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
- Joshua 7:16-18
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
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14:41; Jos 7:16-18; Ac 1:24-26
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Context
- 1 Samuel 10:19
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.
- 1 Samuel 10:20
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
- 1 Samuel 10:21
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
1 Samuel 10:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y haciendo allegar Samuel todas las tribus de Israel, fué tomada la tribu de Benjamín. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Samuel fit approcher toutes les tribus d’Israël, et la tribu de Benjamin fut prise; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Samuel ließ alle Stämme Israels herzutreten; und es wurde getroffen der Stamm Benjamin. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et applicuit Samuel omnes tribus Israël, et cecidit sors tribus Benjamin. |