And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
Parallel translations
- WEB Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been today.
- BSB Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
- NKJV And Saul said, “Come over here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today.
- NASB Then Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the people, and investigate and see how this sin has happened today.
- NLT Then Saul said to the leaders, “Something’s wrong! I want all my army commanders to come here. We must find out what sin was committed today.
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Quick answer
Saul gathers the leaders to discover whose sin has caused God's silence.
Overview
Interpreting God's silence as the sign of some transgression, Saul seeks to identify the offender. His resolve to root out the 'sin' is earnest, yet it will lead him toward condemning his own faithful son. The scene heightens the tragic irony that the trouble stems from Saul's own rash oath, not from any real wrongdoing by Jonathan.
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- Josh 7:14–26In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.
- 1 Sam 10:19–20And 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.
- Josh 7:11Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
- Num 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
- 2 Sam 18:3But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
- Judg 20:2And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
- Zech 10:4Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
- Ps 47:9The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
- Eph 2:20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- Matt 21:42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
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