1 Samuel 28:4

1 Samuel 28:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
• New International Version (NIV)The Philistines assembled and came and set up camp at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and set up camp at Gilboa.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Philistines gathered together, and came and encamped at Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped at Gilboa.

Context of 1 Samuel 28:4

2David said to Achish, “All right, you shall know what your servant can do.” So Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you my bodyguard for life.” 3Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and the spiritists (soothsayers) from the land. The Philistines assembled and came and camped at Shunem; and Saul gathered all the Israelites and they camped at Gilboa. 5When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and badly shaken. 6So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim [used like lots by the priest to determine the will of God] or by prophets.

1 Samuel 28:4 word by word

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְשׁוּנֵ֑ם וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• gathered themselves togetherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• and cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and pitchedחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• in Shunemשׁוּנֵםshûnêm · ShunemH7766
• and Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• all Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• in Gilboaגִּלְבֹּעַgilbôa‛ · GilboaH1533

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 28:4

• Joshua 19:18Their territory included: Jezreel and Chesulloth and Shunem,
• 2 Kings 4:8Now there came a day when Elisha went over to Shunem, where there was a prominent and influential woman, and she persuaded him to eat a meal. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he stopped there for a meal.
• 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
• 2 Samuel 1:6And the young man who told him explained, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, and the chariots and horsemen [of the Philistines] were close behind him.
• 2 Samuel 21:12Then David went and took the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day when the Philistines had killed Saul in Gilboa.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 28:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Gilboa - Now called Jebel Fukuak. But the ancient name is preserved in the village of Jelbon, situated on the south side of the mountain. It was separated from Shunem (see the marginal reference) by the deep valley of Jezreel. The Philistines either advanced along the seacoast, and then entered the valley of Jezreel from the west, or they came by the present road right through Samaria, starting from Aphek 1 Samuel 29:1.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Shunem was a border town in the land of Issachar (Joshua 19:18). It overlooked the Valley of Jezreel. Mount Gilboa is at the east end of the Valley of Jezreel. The mountain got its name from a nearby village.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. the Philistines ... pitched in Shunem--Having collected their forces for a last grand effort, they marched up from the seacoast and encamped in the "valley of Jezreel." The spot on which their encampment was fixed was Shunem (Jos 19:18), now Sulem, a village which still exists on the slope of a range called "Little Hermon." On the opposite side, on the rise of Mount Gilboa, hard by "the spring of Jezreel," was Saul's army--the Israelites, according to…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 28:4

• Familiar Spirits
• Gilboa
• Samuel
• Saul

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Philistines
• Saul
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Paul, Saul
• Along
• David
• Disquiet
• Divination

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings