1 Samuel 13:8 
Context| NETBible | He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. 1 But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. 2 |
| NIV © biblegateway 1Sa 13:8 |
He waited for seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul’s men began to scatter. |
| NASB © biblegateway 1Sa 13:8 |
Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. |
| NLT © biblegateway 1Sa 13:8 |
Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn’t come. Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away. |
| MSG © biblegateway 1Sa 13:8 |
He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel. Samuel failed to show up at Gilgal, and the soldiers were slipping away, right and left. |
| BBE © SABDAweb 1Sa 13:8 |
And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were starting to go away from him. |
| NRSV © bibleoremus 1Sa 13:8 |
He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people began to slip away from Saul. |
| NKJV © biblegateway 1Sa 13:8 |
Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. |
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| NETBible | He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. 1 But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. 2 |
| NET Notes |
1 tn This apparently refers to the instructions given by Samuel in 1 Sam 10:8. If so, several years had passed. On the relationship between chs. 10 and 13, see V. P. Long, The Art of Biblical History (FCI), 201-23. 2 tn Heb “dispersed from upon him”; NAB, NRSV “began to slip away.” |

