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1 Samuel 13:12-14
Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 13:12-14
Christian Standard Bible
12 I thought, ‘The Philistines will now descend on me at Gilgal, and I haven’t sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”
13 Samuel said to Saul, “You have been foolish.(A) You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you.(B) It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel,(C) 14 but now your reign will not endure.(D) The Lord has found a man after his own heart,[a](E) and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord commanded.”
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- 13:14 Lit man according to his heart
1 Samuel 13:12-14
New International Version
1 Samuel 13:12-14
New International Version
12 I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal,(A) and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.(B)’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
13 “You have done a foolish thing,(C)” Samuel said. “You have not kept(D) the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.(E) 14 But now your kingdom(F) will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart(G) and appointed(H) him ruler(I) of his people, because you have not kept(J) the Lord’s command.”
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