Polyglot Bible: 1 Samuel: 1 Samuel 10

This is a scholarly biblical resource presenting 1 Samuel 10:1–27 in three parallel columns: the King James Version with Strong's Concordance numbers interleaved, the Septuagint (LXX) in Greek, and the Hebrew Masoretic Text (Tanakh). The passage narrates Samuel's private anointing of Saul as Israel's first king, the three confirming signs Samuel predicts (the men at Rachel's tomb, the three pilgrims at Tabor, the prophesying company at Gibeah), and Saul's subsequent spirit-possession that causes him to prophesy — prompting the proverbial question "Is Saul also among the prophets?" The chapter concludes with the public selection of Saul by sacred lot at Mizpah, his reluctant emergence from hiding among the baggage, and Samuel's codification of "the manner of the kingdom" in a written document. The distinctive feature of this presentation is its interlinear/parallel format designed for close textual comparison: the KJV column embeds Strong's reference numbers after each word, making it a tool for lexical study and Hebrew/Greek word tracing rather than devotional reading. The juxtaposition of the Septuagint alongside the Masoretic Text highlights translation divergences — notably in v. 1, where the LXX includes an extended passage ("you shall save him from the hand of his enemies") absent from the Hebrew. This is a reference resource for biblical scholars, translators, or students doing source-critical or text-critical work on the Hebrew Bible.

Polyglot Bible: 1 Samuel: 1 Samuel 10

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