1 Samuel 19:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 2 Kgs 1:9-9 : 9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down. 10 And Elijah in answer said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. Then fire came down from heaven and put an end to him and his fifty men. 11 Then the king sent another captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he said to Elijah, O man of God, the king says, Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah in answer said, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and put an end to him and his fifty men. 13 Then he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men; and the third captain of fifty went up, and falling on his knees before Elijah, requesting mercy of him, said, O man of God, let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be of value to you.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
  • Jer 13:23 : 23 Is it possible for the skin of the Ethiopian to be changed, or the markings on the leopard? Then it might be possible for you to do good, who have been trained to do evil.

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  • 1 Sam 19:19-20
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    87%

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

    20 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.

  • 1 Sam 19:22-24
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    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 10:9-13
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    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?

    12 And one of the people of that place said in answer, And who is their father? So it became a common saying, Is even Saul among the prophets?

    13 Then going away from the prophets, he came to the house.

  • 1 Sam 17:30-31
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    30 And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.

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

  • 1 Sam 16:19
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    19 So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 19:14-15
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    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 18:9-11
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    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.

    11 And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.

  • 1 Sam 11:4-7
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    4 So they sent representatives to Saul's town Gibeah, and these gave the news to the people: and all the people gave themselves to weeping.

    5 Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.

    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 10:5-6
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    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 19:1
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    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 18:24
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    24 And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
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    15 Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

  • 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 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 19:7-9
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    7 Then Jonathan sent for David and gave him word of all these things. And Jonathan took David to Saul, who kept him by his side as in the past.

    8 And there was war again: and David went out fighting the Philistines, causing great destruction among them; and they went in flight before him.

    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 28:15
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    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 23:25
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    25 And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.

  • 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 9:26-27
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    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.

  • 2 Chr 24:19
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    19 And the Lord sent them prophets to make them come back to him; and they gave witness against them, but they would not give ear.

  • Matt 21:36
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    36 Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
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    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 22:11
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    11 Then the king sent for Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and for all the men of his father's family who were priests in Nob: and they all came to the king.

  • 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.

  • 2 Kgs 2:17
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    17 But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.

  • 1 Sam 16:15
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    15 And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.

  • 1 Sam 10:26
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    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 28:21
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    21 And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was in great trouble, and said to him, See now, your servant has given ear to your words, and I have put my life in danger by doing what you said.

  • 1 Sam 23:27
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    27 But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the land.

  • 1 Sam 28:8
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    8 So Saul, putting on other clothing, so that he might not be seen to be the king, took two men with him and went to the woman by night; and he said, Now, with the help of the spirit which you have, make the person whose name I will give you come up.

  • Acts 3:24
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    24 And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.