1st Samuel Chapter 14 verse 35 Holy Bible
And Saul built an altar unto Jehovah: the same was the first altar that he built unto Jehovah.
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And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.
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And Saul built an altar to Jehovah: this was the first altar he built to Jehovah.
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And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
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And Saul built an altar to the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built to the LORD:
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Saul built an altar to Yahweh: the same was the first altar that he built to Yahweh.
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And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 35. - And Saul built an altar unto Jehovah as a thank offering for the Divine favour in gaining so great a victory. The same was the first altar, etc. Literally, "As to it he began to build an altar unto Jehovah." On these words the question has arisen whether the meaning be that Saul began to build an altar, but with characteristic impetuosity left off before he had completed it; or whether on that occasion he commenced the custom followed by David (2 Samuel 24:25) of erecting altars as the patriarchs had done in old time. The latter interpretation is more in accordance with the usage of the Hebrew language, and is approved by the translations of the Septuagint and Vulgate. CHAPTER 14:36-52 JONATHAN'S DANGER AND DELIVERANCE (vers. 36-46).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(35) The same was the first altar that he built . . .--More accurately, as in margin, the same he began to build as an altar. The great Jewish commentators are divided as to the precise meaning of the old Hebrew language of this verse. Abarbanel interprets the words, "that King Saul began to build, but did not finish." The Midrash prefers to understand the statement as telling how "Saul began among the kings of Israel the building of altars." The more obvious meaning, if we translate as in our English Version, seems to be that this was the first public acknowledgment King Saul made to God for the mercies and goodness vouchsafed to him.
