1 Samuel 15:27

American Standard Version (1901)

And as Samuel turned about to go away, [Saul] laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it rent.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 11:30-31 : 30 And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces. 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces; for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 15:28
    81%

    28And Samuel said unto him, Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou.

  • 1 Sam 15:26
    80%

    26And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

  • 2 Sam 1:11
    78%

    11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

  • 1 Sam 28:14-17
    4 verses
    77%

    14And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a robe. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.

    15And 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.

    16And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

    17And Jehovah hath done unto thee, as he spake by me: and Jehovah hath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David.

  • 1 Kgs 11:30
    75%

    30And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.

  • 1 Sam 24:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4And the men of David said unto him, Behold, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

    5And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

  • 2 Sam 13:31
    73%

    31Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

  • 1 Sam 15:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

    34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

    35And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Jehovah repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 15:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10Then came the word of Jehovah unto Samuel, saying,

    11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto Jehovah all night.

    12And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 15:19
    71%

    19Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah?

  • 1 Sam 9:27
    71%

    27As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand thou still first, that I may cause thee to hear the word of God.

  • 2 Kgs 22:11
    71%

    11And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

  • 2 Kgs 6:30
    71%

    30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

  • 1 Sam 19:24
    71%

    24And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

  • 1 Sam 13:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.

    11And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    70%

    1And Samuel said unto Saul, Jehovah sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of Jehovah.

  • 2 Kgs 5:8
    70%

    8And it was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

  • 1 Sam 16:14
    70%

    14Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.

  • 1 Sam 15:14-16
    3 verses
    70%

    14And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

    15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

    16Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what Jehovah hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

  • 2 Chr 34:19
    70%

    19And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
    70%

    12And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and was departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    70%

    15Now Jehovah had revealed unto Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 11:11
    70%

    11Wherefore Jehovah said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

  • 1 Sam 15:23-24
    2 verses
    70%

    23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

    24And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Jehovah, and thy words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

  • 1 Sam 13:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

    14But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah hath sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.

  • 1 Sam 31:4
    70%

    4Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

  • 1 Sam 15:31
    70%

    31So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Jehovah.

  • 1 Sam 10:9
    69%

    9And it was so, that, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

  • 1 Sam 14:19
    69%

    19And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thy hand.

  • 1 Sam 28:12
    69%

    12And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

  • 1 Sam 9:17
    69%

    17And when Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said unto him, Behold, the man of whom I spake to thee! this same shall have authority over my people.

  • 1 Sam 9:23
    69%

    23And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

  • 1 Sam 4:12
    69%

    12And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

  • 2 Kgs 2:12
    69%

    12And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. [

  • Judg 14:6
    69%

    6And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid; and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

  • 1 Sam 8:7
    69%

    7And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

  • 1 Sam 16:2
    68%

    2And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And Jehovah said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Jehovah.

  • 1 Sam 9:25
    68%

    25And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop.