12Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, |Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.|


In Context

9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn't utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

10 Then the word of Yahweh came to Samuel, saying,

11 |It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.| Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.

12 Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, |Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.|

13 Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, |You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.|

14 Samuel said, |Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?|

1 Samuel 15:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:12Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, "Saul has gone to Carmel. There he has set up a monument in his own honor and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And when Samuel rose early, to go to Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, that Saul was come to Carmel, and had erected for himself a triumphant arch, and returning had passed on, and gone down to Galgal. And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord out of the choicest of the spoils which he had brought from Amalec.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set him up a monument, and has turned about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set him up a place, and has gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And Samuel riseth early to meet Saul in the morning, and it is declared to Samuel, saying, 'Saul hath come in to Carmel, and lo, he is setting up to himself a monument, and goeth round, and passeth over, and goeth down to Gilgal.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.