1 Samuel 11:4

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“When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.”

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BSBPD

“When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the messengers come to Gibeah of Saul, and speak the words in the ears of the people, and all the people lift up their voice and weep;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 11:4 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 2:4When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
  2. Judges 21:2So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
  3. 1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
  4. 1 Samuel 14:2Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
  5. 1 Samuel 15:34Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
  6. 1 Samuel 30:4So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
  7. 2 Samuel 21:6let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
  8. 1 Chronicles 12:3Ahiezer their chief and Joash, who were the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;
  9. Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
  10. 1 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
  11. Galatians 6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
  12. Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

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