Verse 13

1 Samuel 13:13

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13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God (Elohim) gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל אֶל שָׁא֖וּל נִסְכָּ֑לְתָּ לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֗רְתָּ אֶת מִצְוַ֞ת יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֔/ךְ כִּ֣י עַתָּ֗ה הֵכִ֨ין יְהוָ֧ה אֶת מַֽמְלַכְתְּ/ךָ֛ אֶל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַד עוֹלָֽם

English Translation

And Samuel said to Saul, "You have been foolish; you have not kept the command of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD has prepared a kingdom for you over Israel forever."

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Chapter 13 Context

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2 And Saul took for himself three thousand men of Israel, of whom he kept two thousand with him in Mic... Focus ↗

3 And Jonathan made an attack on the armed force of the Philistines stationed at Gibeah; and news was... Focus ↗

4 And all Israel had the news that Saul had made an attack on the Philistines, and that Israel was bit... Focus ↗

5 And the Philistines came together to make war on Israel, three thousand war-carriages and six thousa... Focus ↗

6 When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover... Focus ↗

7 And a great number of the people had gone over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but Saul was st... Focus ↗

8 And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gi... Focus ↗

9 Then Saul said, Come here and give me the burned offering and the peace-offerings. And he made a bur... Focus ↗

10 And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a... Focus ↗

11 And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away fr... Focus ↗

12 I said, Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal, and I have made no prayer for help to th... Focus ↗

13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord y...

14 But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in ever... Focus ↗

15 Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war... Focus ↗

16 And Saul, with Jonathan his son and the people who were with them, was waiting in Geba in the land o... Focus ↗

17 And three bands of men came out from the Philistines to make an attack; one band went by the road wh... Focus ↗

18 And another went in the direction of Beth-horon: and another went by the hill looking down on the va... Focus ↗

19 Now there was no iron-worker in all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, For fear the Hebre... Focus ↗

20 But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hoo... Focus ↗

21 For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for... Focus ↗

22 So on the day of the fight at Michmash, not a sword or a spear was to be seen in the hands of any of... Focus ↗

23 And the armed force of the Philistines went out to the narrow way of Michmash. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 13 (23 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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