1 Samuel 19:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Saul sent men to take David; and when they saw the band of prophets at work, with Samuel in his place at their head, the spirit of God came on Saul's men, and they became like prophets.

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  • John 7:32 : 32 This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.
  • 1 Sam 10:10 : 10 And when they came to Gibeah, a band of prophets came face to face with him; and the spirit of God came on him with power and he took his place among them as a prophet.
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Then in that night Saul sent men to David's house to keep watch on him so as to put him to death in the morning: and David's wife Michal said to him, If you do not go away to a safe place tonight you will be put to death in the morning.
  • 1 Sam 19:14 : 14 And when Saul sent men to take David, she said, He is ill.
  • 1 Sam 10:5-6 : 5 After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will be acting like prophets: 6 And the spirit of the Lord will come on you with power, and you will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into another man.
  • Num 11:25-26 : 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time. 26 But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle.
  • John 7:45-52 : 45 Then the servants went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why have you not got him with you? 46 The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man. 47 Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas? 48 Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees? 49 But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed. 50 Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them, 51 Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done? 52 This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.
  • 1 Cor 14:3 : 3 But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.
  • 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all; 25 The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.

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  • 1 Sam 19:21-24
    4 verses
    87%

    21 And Saul, having news of this, sent other men, who in the same way became like prophets. And a third time Saul sent men, and they like the others became like prophets.

    22 Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great water-spring in Secu; and questioning the people he said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, They are at Naioth in Ramah.

    23 And he went on from there to Naioth in Ramah: and the spirit of God came on him, and he went on, acting like a prophet, till he came to Naioth in Ramah.

    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 10:9-11
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

    10 And when they came to Gibeah, a band of prophets came face to face with him; and the spirit of God came on him with power and he took his place among them as a prophet.

    11 Now when Saul's old friends saw him among the band of prophets, the people said to one another, What has come to Saul, the son of Kish? Is even Saul among the prophets?

  • 1 Sam 19:18-19
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    81%

    18 So David went in flight and got away and came to Ramah, to Samuel, and gave him an account of all Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and were living in Naioth.

    19 And word was given to Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 16:19
    77%

    19 So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 10:5-6
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    76%

    5 After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will be acting like prophets:

    6 And the spirit of the Lord will come on you with power, and you will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into another man.

  • 1 Sam 18:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.

    10 Now on the day after, an evil spirit from God came on Saul with great force and he was acting like a prophet among the men of his house, while David was making music for him, as he did day by day: and Saul had his spear in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    75%

    31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 16:13-15
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    13 Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.

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

    15 And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.

  • 1 Sam 19:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 And when Saul sent men to take David, she said, He is ill.

    15 And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death.

  • 1 Sam 19:9
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    9 And an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul, when he was seated in his house with his spear in his hand; and David made music for him.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
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    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.

  • 1 Sam 11:6-7
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    6 And at their words, the spirit of God came on Saul with power, and he became very angry.

    7 And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they came out like one man.

  • 1 Sam 16:22-23
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    22 And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.

    23 And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    73%

    5 And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.

  • 1 Sam 9:14-15
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    73%

    14 So they went up to the town, and when they came inside the town, Samuel came face to face with them on his way to the high place.

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

  • 1 Sam 9:25-27
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    73%

    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.

    26 And about dawn Samuel said to Saul on the roof, Get up so that I may send you away. So Saul got up, and he and Samuel went out together.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 28:14-15
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    72%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 22:6
    72%

    6 And news was given to Saul that David had been seen, and the men who were with him: now Saul was in Gibeah, seated under the tree in the high place, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were in their places before him.

  • 1 Sam 10:26
    71%

    26 And Saul went to Gibeah, to his house; and with him went the men of war whose hearts had been touched by God.

  • 1 Sam 19:1
    71%

    1 And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put David to death. But Saul's son Jonathan had great delight in David.

  • 1 Sam 9:19
    71%

    19 Then Samuel said to Saul, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place and take food with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, after opening to you all the secrets of your heart.

  • 1 Sam 10:13
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    13 Then going away from the prophets, he came to the house.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
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    24 And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

  • 1 Sam 28:3
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    3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel, after weeping for him, had put his body in its last resting-place in Ramah, his town. And Saul had put away from the land all those who had control of spirits and who made use of secret arts.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    71%

    26 And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.

  • 1 Sam 9:17
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    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 16:2
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    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 15:12
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    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 15:10
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    10 Then the Lord said to Samuel,

  • 1 Sam 9:10
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    10 Then Saul said to his servant, You have said well; come, let us go. So they went to the town where the man of God was.

  • 1 Sam 16:6
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    6 Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
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    12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 13:10
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    10 And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a blessing.