1 Samuel 28:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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  • 1 Sam 15:27-29 : 27 And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the cloth came away. 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. 29 And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a man, whose purpose may be changed.
  • 1 Sam 16:13 : 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.
  • 1 Sam 24:20 : 20 If a man comes across his hater, will he let him get away safe? so may you be rewarded by the Lord for what you have done for me today.
  • Prov 16:4 : 4 The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
  • 1 Sam 13:13-14 : 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.

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  • 1 Sam 15:26-28
    3 verses
    88%

    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.

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

    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 28:18-19
    2 verses
    81%

    18 Because you did not do what the Lord said, and did not give effect to his burning wrath against Amalek. So the Lord has done this thing to you today.

    19 And more than this, the Lord will give Israel up with you into the hands of the Philistines: and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me: and the Lord will give up the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 28:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    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?

  • 1 Sam 13:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 1:16
    76%

    16 And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 15:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    12 I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    76%

    18 For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.

  • 2 Sam 3:10
    75%

    10 And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    75%

    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 Sam 12:7
    75%

    7 And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

  • 1 Sam 15:17-19
    3 verses
    75%

    17 And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

    18 And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.

    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 Kgs 2:15
    75%

    15 And he said, You saw how the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had the idea that I would be their king; but now the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's, for it was given to him by the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
    75%

    8 And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

  • 1 Sam 8:7
    75%

    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 Chr 10:14
    75%

    14 And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

  • 1 Sam 25:30
    75%

    30 And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

  • 1 Sam 24:15-17
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    75%

    15 After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

    16 So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

    17 Now when David had said these words to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, David, my son? And Saul was overcome with weeping.

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    74%

    1 And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
    74%

    14 And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

  • 1 Chr 11:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37
    74%

    37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 26:17
    74%

    17 And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    74%

    7 So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • 1 Kgs 11:35
    74%

    35 But I will take the kingdom from his son, and give it to you.

  • 1 Sam 24:4
    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.

  • 1 Sam 10:9
    73%

    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 9:17
    73%

    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 26:23
    73%

    23 And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 16:1
    73%

    1 And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

  • 1 Sam 20:31
    73%

    31 For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

  • Hos 13:11
    73%

    11 I have given you a king, because I was angry, and have taken him away in my wrath.

  • 1 Sam 26:19
    73%

    19 Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

  • 1 Sam 12:13
    73%

    13 Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
    73%

    13 And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?

  • 1 Sam 8:10
    73%

    10 And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.

  • 1 Sam 24:10
    73%

    10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?