1 Samuel 10:25
“Then Samuel tolde the people the maner of the kingdome, and wrote it in a booke, and layd it vp before the Lord, and Samuel sent all the people away, euery man to his house.”
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1 Samuel 10:25 Context
23And they ranne, and fetched him thence, and when he stood among the people, he was higher then any of the people, from the shoulders & vpward. 24And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whome the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and saide, God saue the King. 25Then Samuel tolde the people the maner of the kingdome, and wrote it in a booke, and layd it vp before the Lord, and Samuel sent all the people away, euery man to his house. 26¶ And Saul also went home to Gibeah, and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 27But the children of Belial sayd, Howe shall this man saue vs? and they despised him, and brought him no presents: but he held his peace.
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Other Translations for 1 Samuel 10:25
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote [it] in a book, and laid [it] up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- King James Version
Then Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote {them} in the book and placed {it} before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- Basic English Bible
And Samuel told the people the right of the kingdom, and wrote it in the book, and laid it before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- Darby Bible
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- Webster's Bible
Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- World English Bible
And Samuel speaketh unto the people the right of the kingdom, and writeth in a book, and placeth before Jehovah; and Samuel sendeth all the people away, each to his house.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 10:25
10:25 Manner of the kingdom - The laws and rules by which the kingly government was to be managed; agreeable to those mentioned #Deut 17:16|, &c. Before the Lord - Before the ark, where it was kept safe from depravation.