1 Samuel 28 · Verse 24

1 Samuel 28:24

And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
1 Samuel 28:24, King James Version

1 Samuel 28:24 in other translations

BSBThe woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
WEBThe woman had a fattened calf in the house. She hurried and killed it; and she took flour and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it.
ASVAnd the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
YLTAnd the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,
DARBYAnd the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof;
BBEAnd the woman had in the house a young cow, made fat for food; and she put it to death straight away; and she took meal and got it mixed and made unleavened bread;
WebsterAnd the woman had a fat calf in the house: and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it.

What does 1 Samuel 28:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. the woman had a fat calf ... and she hasted, and killed it, &c.--(See on Ge 18:1-8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 The woman had a fat calf - The ancients used great despatch in their cookery. In hot countries they could not keep flesh meat by them any length of time; hence they generally kept young animals, such as calves, lambs, and kids, ready for slaughter; and when there was occasion, one of them was killed, and dressed immediately. Unleavened bread - There was not time to bake leavened bread; that would have taken considerable time, in order that the leaven might leaven the whole lump.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 28:20-25

Those that expect any good counsel or comfort, otherwise than from God, and in the way of his institutions, will be as wretchedly disappointed as Saul. Though terrified even to despair, he was not humbled. He confessed not his sins, offered no sacrifices, and presented no supplications. He does not seem to have cared about his sons or his people, or to have attempted any escape; but in sullen despair he rushed upon…

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1 Samuel 28:24 in the original Hebrew

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וְלָאִשָּׁ֤הve.la.'i.Shahand [belonged] to the womanH802
עֵֽגֶל\־'e.gel-a calf ofH5695
מַרְבֵּק֙mar.Bek[the] stallH4770
בַּבַּ֔יִתba.Ba.yitin the houseH1004
וַתְּמַהֵ֖רva.te.ma.Herand she made hasteH4116
וַתִּזְבָּחֵ֑הוּva.tiz.ba.Che.huand she slaughtered itH2076
וַתִּקַּח\־va.ti.kach-and she tookH3947
קֶ֣מַחKe.machflourH7058
וַתָּ֔לָשׁva.Ta.loshand she kneaded [it]H3888
וַתֹּפֵ֖הוּva.to.Fe.huand she baked itH644
מַצּֽוֹת\׃ma.Tzotunleavened bread<s>H4682

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 28:24

  • Luke 15:23

    And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

  • Genesis 18:7-8

    And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a fat calf.
Ge 18:7,8; Lu 15:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 28:23

    But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

  • 1 Samuel 28:24

    And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

  • 1 Samuel 28:25

    And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

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1 Samuel 28:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aquella mujer tenía en su casa un ternero grueso, el cual mató luego; y tomó harina y amasóla, y coció de ella panes sin levadura.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la femme avait dans la maison un veau gras, et elle se hâta de le tuer; et elle prit de la farine et la pétrit, et en cuisit des pains sans levain,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Weib hatte ein gemästetes Kalb im Hause; und sie eilte und schlachtete es; und sie nahm Mehl und knetete es und backte daraus ungesäuerte Kuchen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Mulier autem illa habebat vitulum pascualem in domo, et festinavit, et occidit eum: tollensque farinam, miscuit eam, et coxit azyma,