1 Samuel 14:38

And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

And Saul {H7586} said {H559}, Draw ye near {H5066} hither {H1988}, all the chief {H6438} of the people {H5971}: and know {H3045} and see {H7200} wherein {H4100} this sin {H2403} hath been this day {H3117}.

Sha'ul said, "Come here, all you heads of the people. Think carefully: who has committed this sin today?

Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.

And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 47:9 (2 votes)

    The 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.

  • Zechariah 10:4 (2 votes)

    Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

  • Judges 20:2 (2 votes)

    And 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.

  • Numbers 24:17 (2 votes)

    I 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.

  • 1 Samuel 10:19 (2 votes)

    And 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.

  • 1 Samuel 10:20 (2 votes)

    And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

  • Joshua 7:14 (2 votes)

    In 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.