1 Samuel 28:16

And Samuel said, Why askest thou me, whereas the Lord has departed from thee, and taken part with thy neighbor?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

In Context

15And Samuel said, Why hast thou troubled me, that I should come up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines war against me, and God has departed from me, and no longer hearkens to me either by the hand of prophets or by dreams: and now I have called thee to tell me what I shall do.

17And the Lord has done to thee, as the Lord spoke by me; and the Lord will rend thy kingdom out of thy hand, and will give it to thy neighbor David,

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Cross References

Judges 5:31Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: 1 And they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years.

Psalms 68:1For the end, a Psalm of David, for alternate strains. 1

Lamentations 2:5The Lord is become as an enemy: 1 He has overwhelmed Israel as in the sea, 1 He has overwhelmed her palaces: 1 He has destroyed his strongholds, 1 And has multiplied the afflicted and humbled ones 1 To the daughter of Judah. 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 28:16-20

Saul's Death Foretold. ( b. c. 1055.) 15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. 16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 17 And the Lord hath done to… Read the whole commentary →

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