King James Version
1 Samuel 28:25 in the King James Version says “And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.”
1 Samuel 28:25 · KJV
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
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“And she brought”
H5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causati
“and before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“and before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“Then they rose up”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“that night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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