1 Samuel 28:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.”
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“The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the Philistines are gathered, and come in, and encamp in Shunem, and Saul gathereth all Israel, and they encamp in Gilboa,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 28:4 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 19:18Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
- 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 1:6“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
- 2 Samuel 1:21O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
- 2 Samuel 21:12he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
- 2 Kings 4:8One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
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