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.
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.
- KJV And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
- 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.
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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 7:14–26“‘In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. It shall be that the tribe which Yahweh selects shall come near by families. The family which Yahweh selects shall come near by households. The household which Yahweh selects shall come near man by man.
- 1 Sam 10:19–20But you have today rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.”
- Josh 7:11Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.
- Num 24:17I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
- 2 Sam 18:3But the people said, “You shall not go out; for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.”
- Judg 20:2The chiefs 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 who drew sword.
- Zech 10:4From him will come the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
- Ps 47:9The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!
- Eph 2:20being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
- Matt 21:42Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’
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