Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 10:3
3“You will proceed from there until you come to the oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one bringing three goats, one bringing three loaves of bread, and one bringing a clay jar of wine.
1 Samuel 10:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
- New International Version (NIV)“Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to worship God at Bethel will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then you shall go on from there farther and come to the oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then you shall go on forward from there and come to the terebinth tree of Tabor. There three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
Context of 1 Samuel 10:3
1Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it out on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t the Lord anointed you ruler over his inheritance? 2Today when you leave me, you’ll find two men at Rachel’s Grave at Zelzah in the territory of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went looking for have been found, and now your father has stopped being concerned about the donkeys and is worried about you, asking: What should I do about my son?’ “You will proceed from there until you come to the oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one bringing three goats, one bringing three loaves of bread, and one bringing a clay jar of wine. 4They will ask how you are and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from them. 5“After that you will come to Gibeah of God where there are Philistine garrisons. When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying. They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.
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וְחָלַפְתָּ֨ מִשָּׁ֜ם וָהָ֗לְאָה וּבָ֙אתָ֙ עַד־אֵל֣וֹן תָּב֔וֹר וּמְצָא֤וּךָ שָּׁם֙ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים עֹלִ֥ים אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל אֶחָ֞ד נֹשֵׂ֣א׀ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה גְדָיִ֗ים וְאֶחָד֙ נֹשֵׂ֗א שְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙ כִּכְּר֣וֹת לֶ֔חֶם וְאֶחָ֥ד נֹשֵׂ֖א נֵֽבֶל־יָֽיִן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then shalt thou go onחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
- forwardהָֽ֫לְאָהhâle'âh · furtherH1973
- from thence, and thou shalt comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to the plainאֵלוֹן'êlôn · terebinthH436
- of Taborתָּבוֹרtâbôr · TaborH8396
- and there shall meetמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- thee threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- going upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- to Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- to Beth–elבֵּֽיתְ־אֵלbêyth-'êl · BethelH1008
- oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- carryingנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- kidsגְּדִיgedîy · kidH1423
- loavesכִּכָּרkikâr · talentH3603
- of breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- a bottleנֵ֫בֶלnebel nêbel · bagH5035
- of wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 10:3
- Joshua 19:12From Sarid, it turned due east along the border of Chisloth-tabor, went to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.
- Judges 4:6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Hasn’t the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, deploy the troops on Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the Naphtalites and Zebulunites?
- Judges 8:18He asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “They were like you,” they said. “Each resembled the son of a king.”
- Psalms 89:12North and south — you created them. Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.
- Genesis 28:19and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.
- Genesis 35:1God said to Jacob, “Get up! Go to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- Leviticus 1:10“But if his offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, from sheep or goats, he is to present an unblemished male.
- Leviticus 3:6“If his offering as a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock, he is to present a male or female without blemish.
- Leviticus 7:13He is to present as his offering cakes of leavened bread with his thanksgiving sacrifice of fellowship.
- Leviticus 23:13Its grain offering is to be four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a food offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma, and its drink offering will be one quart of wine.
- Numbers 15:5Prepare a quart of wine as a drink offering with the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Three men going up to God to Bethel - Jacob's altar was probably there still, Genesis 28:19. However this might be, it was still considered, as its name implies, the house of God; and to it they were now going, to offer sacrifice. The three kids were for sacrifice; the three loaves of bread to be offered probably as a thank-offering; and the bottle or skin full of wine, for a libation. When the blood was poured out before the Lord, then they feasted on…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The plain of Tabor - It should be “the oak or terebinth”” of Tabor” (Judges 4:11 note). It has been ingeniously conjectured that “Tabor” is either a different form of “Deborah,” or a corruption of it, and that the “oak,” or “terebinth of Tabor,” is the same as “Allon-bachuth,” the oak under which Deborah was buried, and which lay “beneath Bethel” Genesis 35:8. The terebinth, where the three men came upon Saul, must have been at some point previous to that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Oak of Tabor: This place is in Benjamin and should not be mixed up with the village named Tabor in Zebulun (1 Chronicles 6:77). Bethel: See study note on 1 Samuel 7:16.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the plain--or, "the oak of Tabor," not the celebrated mount, for that was far distant. three men going up to God to Beth-el--apparently to offer sacrifices there at a time when the ark and the tabernacle were not in a settled abode, and God had not yet declared the permanent place which He should choose. The kids were for sacrifice, the loaves for the offering, and the wine for the libations.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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