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1 Samuel 13:8

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13:8He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel.14 But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul.15

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  1. 14 This apparently refers to the instructions given by Samuel in 1 Sam 10:8. If so, several years had passed. On the relationship between chs. 10 and 13, see V. P. Long, The Art of Biblical History (), 201–23.
  2. 15 Heb “dispersed from upon him”; , “began to slip away.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul’s men began to scatter.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He waited seven days for the appointed time that Samuel had set, but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the troops were deserting him.

NLTNew Living Translation

Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn’t come. Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He waited seven days according to the appointed time Samuel determined, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army started to slip away from him.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.