1 Samuel 15:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the cloth came away.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:30-31 : 30 And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve. 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten of the parts, for this is what the Lord has said: See, I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force, and will give ten tribes to you;

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  • 1 Sam 15:28
    81%

    28 And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.

  • 1 Sam 15:26
    80%

    26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the Lord, and the Lord has put you from your place as king over Israel.

  • 2 Sam 1:11
    78%

    11 Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:

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

    14 And he said to her, What is his form? And she said, It is an old man coming up covered with a robe. And Saul saw that it was Samuel, and with his face bent down to the earth he gave him honour.

    15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.

    16 And Samuel said, Why do you put your questions to me, seeing that God has gone away from you and is on the side of him who is against you?

    17 And the Lord himself has done what I said: the Lord has taken the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbour David;

  • 1 Kgs 11:30
    75%

    30 And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve.

  • 1 Sam 24:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.

    5 And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge.

  • 2 Sam 13:31
    73%

    31 Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.

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

    34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.

    35 And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.

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

    10 Then the Lord said to Samuel,

    11 It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.

    12 And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 15:19
    71%

    19 Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?

  • 1 Sam 9:27
    71%

    27 And on their way down to the end of the town, Samuel said to Saul, Give your servant orders to go on in front of us, (so he went on,) but you keep here, so that I may give you the word of God.

  • 2 Kgs 22:11
    71%

    11 And the king, hearing the words of the book of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief;

  • 2 Kgs 6:30
    71%

    30 Then the king, hearing what the woman said, took his robes in his hands, violently parting them; and, while he was walking on the wall, the people, looking, saw that under his robe he had haircloth on his flesh.

  • 1 Sam 19:24
    71%

    24 And he took off his clothing, acting like a prophet before Samuel, and falling down he was stretched out, without his clothing, all that day and all that night. This is the reason for the saying, Is even Saul among the prophets?

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

    10 And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a blessing.

    11 And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    70%

    1 And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 5:8
    70%

    8 Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.

  • 1 Sam 16:14
    70%

    14 Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.

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

    14 And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?

    15 And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God; all the rest we have given up to destruction.

    16 Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.

  • 2 Chr 34:19
    70%

    19 And the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
    70%

    12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    70%

    15 Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 11:11
    70%

    11 So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.

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

    23 For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.

    24 And Saul said to Samuel, Great is my sin: for I have gone against the orders of the Lord and against your words: because, fearing the people, I did what they said.

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

    13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

    14 But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

  • 1 Sam 31:4
    70%

    4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.

  • 1 Sam 15:31
    70%

    31 So Samuel went back after Saul, and Saul gave worship to the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 10:9
    69%

    9 And it came about, that when he went away from Samuel, God gave him a changed heart: and all those signs took place that day.

  • 1 Sam 14:19
    69%

    19 Now while Saul was talking to the priest, the noise in the tents of the Philistines became louder and louder; and Saul said to the priest, Take back your hand.

  • 1 Sam 28:12
    69%

    12 And the woman saw that it was Saul, and she gave a loud cry, and said to Saul, Why have you made use of deceit? for you are Saul.

  • 1 Sam 9:17
    69%

    17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, This is the man of whom I gave you word! he it is who is to have authority over my people.

  • 1 Sam 9:23
    69%

    23 And Samuel said to the cook, Give me that part which I gave you orders to keep by you.

  • 1 Sam 4:12
    69%

    12 And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.

  • 2 Kgs 2:12
    69%

    12 And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.

  • Judg 14:6
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    6 And the spirit of the Lord came on him with power, and, unarmed as he was, pulling the lion in two as one might do to a young goat, he put him to death; (but he said nothing to his father and mother of what he had done.)

  • 1 Sam 8:7
    69%

    7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.

  • 1 Sam 16:2
    68%

    2 And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 9:25
    68%

    25 And when they had come down from the high place into the town, where a bed was made ready for Saul, he went to rest.