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1 Samuel 13:12-14
Common English Bible
1 Samuel 13:12-14
Common English Bible
12 I thought, The Philistines are about to march against me at Gilgal and I haven’t yet sought the Lord’s favor. So I took control of myself[a] and offered the entirely burned offering.”
13 “How stupid of you to have broken the commands the Lord your God gave you!” Samuel told Saul. “The Lord would have established your rule over Israel forever, 14 but now your rule won’t last. The Lord will search for a man following the Lord’s own heart,[b] and the Lord will commission him as leader over God’s people, because you didn’t keep the Lord’s command.”
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- 1 Samuel 13:12 Or forced myself; Heb uncertain
- 1 Samuel 13:14 Or a man loyal to the Lord
1 Samuel 13:12-14
New International Version
1 Samuel 13:12-14
New International Version
12 I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal,(A) and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.(B)’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
13 “You have done a foolish thing,(C)” Samuel said. “You have not kept(D) the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.(E) 14 But now your kingdom(F) will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart(G) and appointed(H) him ruler(I) of his people, because you have not kept(J) the Lord’s command.”
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