King James Version
1 Samuel 10:17 in the King James Version says “And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;”
1 Samuel 10:17 · KJV
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“together unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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