KJV King James Version
And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 15:12
And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
WEB World English Bible
Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Samuel riseth early to meet Saul in the morning, and it is declared to Samuel, saying, ‘Saul hath come in to Carmel, and lo, he is setting up to himself a monument, and goeth round, and passeth over, and goeth down to Gilgal.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 15
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all [that was] good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing [that was] vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
14 And Samuel said, What [meaneth] then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
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וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֧םH7925 · sha.khamto riseשְׁמוּאֵ֛לH8050 · she.mu.elSamuelלִקְרַ֥אתH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetשָׁא֖וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulבַּבֹּ֑קֶרH1242 · bo.qermorningוַיֻּגַּ֨דH5046 · na.gadto tellלִשְׁמוּאֵ֜לH8050 · she.mu.elSamuelלֵאמֹ֗רH559 · a.marto sayבָּֽא־H935 · boto come (in): comeשָׁא֤וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulהַכַּרְמֶ֙לָה֙H3760 · kar.melCarmelוְהִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdמַצִּ֥יבH5324 · na.tsavto standלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimיָ֔דH3027 · yadhandוַיִּסֹּב֙H5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔רH5674 · a.varto passוַיֵּ֖רֶדH3381 · ya.radto go downהַגִּלְגָּֽל׃H1537 · gil.galGilgal
Cross-references
Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,1 Samuel 25:2And [there was] a man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.2 Samuel 18:18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which [is] in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.1 Kings 18:42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.Joshua 4:8-9And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
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