1 Samuel 9:15

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Now the LORD had revealed to Samuel the day before Saul came,

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  • 1 Sam 15:1 : 1 Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the LORD.
  • Acts 13:21 : 21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled for forty years.
  • Acts 27:23 : 23 Last night, an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,
  • 1 Sam 9:17 : 17 When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, "Here is the man I told you about; he will govern my people."
  • 1 Sam 20:2 : 2 Jonathan said to him, "Far be it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing great or small without revealing it to me. Why then would my father hide this matter from me? It's not so!"
  • 2 Sam 7:27 : 27 For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
  • Job 33:16 : 16 then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction.
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret counsel of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.
  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing His secret to His servants, the prophets.
  • Mark 11:2-4 : 2 He said to them, 'Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.' 3 'If anyone asks you, 4 They went away and found the colt tied at the door outside on the street, and they untied it.
  • Mark 14:13-16 : 13 So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. 14 Wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 15 He will show you a large upstairs room, furnished and ready. Prepare for us there. 16 So the disciples went out and entered the city. They found everything just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 15:1
    85%

    1 Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 9:16-19
    4 verses
    84%

    16 "About this time tomorrow, I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. You shall anoint him as ruler over my people Israel. He will deliver my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen my people and their cry has reached me."

    17 When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, "Here is the man I told you about; he will govern my people."

    18 Saul approached Samuel at the city gate and asked, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."

    19 Samuel answered, "I am the seer. Go up ahead of me to the high place, for you will eat with me today. In the morning, I will send you on your way and tell you all that is on your heart.

  • 1 Sam 15:10-14
    5 verses
    82%

    10 Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying:

    11 I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my commands. This grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night.

    12 Early in the morning, Samuel got up to meet Saul, but he was told, 'Saul went to Carmel and has set up a monument in his own honor. Then he turned and went down to Gilgal.'

    13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, 'Blessed are you of the LORD! I have carried out the LORD's instruction.'

    14 But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'

  • 1 Sam 15:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16 Then Samuel said to Saul, 'Stop! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.' Saul replied, 'Speak.'

    17 Samuel said, 'Although you were small in your own eyes, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.'

  • 1 Sam 9:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13 As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he arrives because he must bless the sacrifice first. After that, those who have been invited can eat. Go now, for you will find him at this time.

    14 So they went up to the city, and as they were entering it, Samuel was coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.

  • 1 Sam 9:23-27
    5 verses
    78%

    23 Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion of meat I gave you, the one I told you to set aside."

    24 So the cook took up the thigh with what was on it and placed it before Saul. Samuel said, "Here is what was kept for you. Eat it, because it was reserved for you for this appointed occasion when I said, 'I have invited the people.'" And Saul ate with Samuel that day.

    25 After they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof.

    26 They got up early, and at the break of dawn, Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, "Get up, and I will send you on your way." So Saul got up, and both he and Samuel went outside together.

    27 As they were going down to the outskirts of the town, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to go on ahead of us"—and the servant went on—"but you stay here for a moment, and I will give you a message from God."

  • 1 Sam 16:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1 The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons."

    2 Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me." The LORD replied, "Take a young cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

    3 Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for me the one I indicate to you.

    4 So Samuel did as the LORD commanded. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled at his coming and asked, "Do you come in peace?"

  • 1 Sam 3:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9 So Eli said to Samuel, "Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

    10 The Lord came, stood there, and called as he had before: "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening."

  • 1 Sam 16:6
    77%

    6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed stands here before him."

  • 1 Sam 10:9
    76%

    9 As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed his heart, and all these signs came to pass that day.

  • 1 Sam 28:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 Saul asked her, "What does he look like?" She replied, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe." Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground in reverence.

    15 Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul answered, "I am deeply distressed. The Philistines are waging war against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, not by prophets or by dreams. Therefore, I have called upon you to tell me what I should do."

  • 1 Sam 8:10
    76%

    10 Samuel relayed all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

  • 1 Sam 13:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10 Just as he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Samuel came. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.

    11 Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,

  • 1 Sam 13:13-15
    3 verses
    75%

    13 Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, which He gave you. If you had, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

    14 But now your kingdom will not endure. The Lord has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him leader over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you."

    15 Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 16:13
    75%

    13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel left and went to Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 8:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them to the LORD.

    22 The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to them and appoint a king for them.' Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, 'Each of you, return to your own town.'

  • 1 Sam 9:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 (Formerly in Israel, when people went to inquire of God, they would say, "Come, let us go to the seer," because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)

    10 Saul said to his servant, "Good idea. Let’s go." So they set out for the town where the man of God was.

  • 1 Sam 15:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

    35 Samuel never saw Saul again until the day of his death. Nevertheless, Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 3:15
    74%

    15 Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

  • 1 Sam 10:1
    74%

    1 Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, 'Has not the LORD anointed you as ruler over His inheritance?'

  • 1 Sam 3:7
    74%

    7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

  • 1 Sam 28:17
    74%

    17 The LORD has done as he spoke through me. He has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    74%

    5 Just then, Saul was coming in from the field, following the oxen. He asked, "What is wrong with the people? Why are they all crying?" They told him what the men of Jabesh had said.

  • 1 Sam 28:19
    74%

    19 Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines. Tomorrow, you and your sons will be with me, and the LORD will also give the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    74%

    1 Then Samuel said to all Israel, 'Here I am; I have listened to you in everything you have said to me, and I have set a king over you.'

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    73%

    17 Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah.