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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 14:35 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
1Sa 14:35	Strong Concordance	And Saul [07586] built [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068]: the same was the first [02490] altar [04196] that he built [01129] unto the LORD [03068].
	King James	And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And Saul built ... - i. e., of the great stone which they had rolled to kill the oxen and sheep upon, he began to build an altar to Yahweh (see the margin); but he did not finish it (compare Ch1 27:24), in his haste to pursue the Philistines that night.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

And Saul built ... - i. e., of the great stone which they had rolled to kill the oxen and sheep upon, he began to build an altar to Yahweh (see the margin); but he did not finish it (compare Ch1 27:24), in his haste to pursue the Philistines that night.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Saul built an altar - And this we are informed was the first he had built; Samuel, as prophet had hitherto erected the altars, and Saul thought he had sufficient authority to erect one himself without the prophet, as he once offered sacrifice without him.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Saul built an altar - And this we are informed was the first he had built; Samuel, as prophet had hitherto erected the altars, and Saul thought he had sufficient authority to erect one himself without the prophet, as he once offered sacrifice without him.

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