1 Samuel 10:17
New International Version
Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the LORD at Mizpah

New Living Translation
Later Samuel called all the people of Israel to meet before the LORD at Mizpah.

English Standard Version
Now Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah.

Berean Standard Bible
After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

King James Bible
And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;

New King James Version
Then Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah,

New American Standard Bible
Now Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah;

NASB 1995
Thereafter Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah;

NASB 1977
Thereafter Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah;

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Samuel called the people together to Yahweh at Mizpah;

Amplified Bible
Then Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah,

Christian Standard Bible
Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

American Standard Version
And Samuel called the people together unto Jehovah to Mizpah;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shemueil gathered the people before LORD JEHOVAH to Metspaya

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Samuel summoned all the people before the Lord to Massephath.

Contemporary English Version
Samuel sent messengers to tell the Israelites to come to Mizpah and meet with the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel called together the people to the Lord in Maspha:

English Revised Version
And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpah;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Samuel called the people to [come into the presence of] the LORD at Mizpah.

Good News Translation
Samuel called the people together for a religious gathering at Mizpah

International Standard Version
Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpah.

Literal Standard Version
And Samuel calls the people to YHWH to Mizpeh,

Majority Standard Bible
After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

New American Bible
Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah

NET Bible
Then Samuel called the people together before the LORD at Mizpah.

New Revised Standard Version
Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

New Heart English Bible
Samuel called the people together to the LORD to Mizpah;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Samuel called the people together to the LORD to Mizpeh;

World English Bible
Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;

Young's Literal Translation
And Samuel calleth the people unto Jehovah to Mizpeh,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Saul Proclaimed King
17After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah 18and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’…

Cross References
Judges 11:11
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

Judges 20:1
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 7:5
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf."

1 Samuel 11:15
So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

Hosea 13:11
So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.


Treasury of Scripture

And Samuel called the people together to the LORD to Mizpeh;

unto the Lord

1 Samuel 7:5,6
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD…

Judges 20:1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

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1 Samuel 10
1. Samuel anoints Saul
2. He confirms him by prediction of three signs
9. Saul's heart is changed, and he prophesies
14. He conceals the matter of the kingdom from his uncle
17. Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot
26. The different affections of his subjects














(17) Samuel called the people together.--"Samuel does all that further lies in his power to promote the great cause. He calls a national assembly to Mizpeh. Here the sacred lot, it is stated, fell, among all the tribes of Israel, upon Benjamin; and, in an ever narrowing circle, at length upon Saul, the son of Kish. If we consider the general use in those ages of the sacred lot, we shall find that, taking the whole account in this connection, it exhibits nothing but the great truth that for the full and auspicious acknowledgment of Saul as king, his mysterious interview with the seer did not alone suffice--publicly, in solemn national assembly, was it necessary for the Spirit of the Eternal to choose him out, and to make him known as the Eternal's man."--Ewald.

Mizpah (for so the name should be spelt) was chosen by Samuel for the solemn assembly of the tribes on the occasion of the electing their first king, on account of the glorious memories of his own victory, many years before, at that place. The words, "unto the Lord" probably signify that the mysterious Urim and Thummim, by which inquiry was used to be made of the Eternal, had been brought there by the high priest, or, on the supposition that the office was then vacant, by the priest who temporarily replaced him.

Verse 17. - Samuel called the people together unto Jehovah to Mizpeh. For the reason why Mizpah (so the name should be spelt) was chosen as the place of meeting see 1 Samuel 7:15. Unto Jehovah. Because in some way the Divine presence there was indicated; possibly by the high priest having been summoned thither with the Urim and Thummim.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
After this, Samuel
שְׁמוּאֵל֙ (šə·mū·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel

summoned
וַיַּצְעֵ֤ק (way·yaṣ·‘êq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

the people
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

at Mizpah
הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ (ham·miṣ·pāh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4709: Mizpah -- the name of several places in Israel


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