And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, “For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.
1 Samuel 8:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All the elders of Israel assembled and came to Samuel at Ramah American Standard Version (1901) Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah; Common English Bible So all the Israelite elders got together and went to Samuel at Ramah. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha. |
And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, “For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
And he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship afar off.
Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt;
They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her;
The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days respite that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will give ourselves up to you.”
Then he would come back to Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he administered justice to Israel. And he built there an altar to the Lord.
So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking a king from him.