Because you didn’t obey Yahweh’s voice, and didn’t execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore Yahweh has done this thing to you today.
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Because you didn’t obey Yahweh’s voice, and didn’t execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore Yahweh has done this thing to you today.
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Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
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Because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the LORD, and didst not execute His fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to 1 Samuel 28:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, and of the fat calves, and the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
- 1 Kings 20:42 He said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’ ”
- Jeremiah 48:10 “Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
- 1 Samuel 13:9 Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering to me here, and the peace offerings.” He offered the burnt offering.
- 1 Samuel 15:20 Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed Yahweh’s voice, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 15:23-26 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.” Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.” Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected Yahweh’s word, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
- 1 Chronicles 10:13 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of Yahweh’s word, which he didn’t keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,
- Psalms 50:21-22 You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes. “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of…
1Sa 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
Ver. 18. Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord.] This disobedience the devil had once tempted him unto, and now he layeth it in his dish to drive him to despair. This is yet his method to this day: be not ignorant of his wiles.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek; he mentions…
Nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek; he mentions this as an eminent instance of his disobedience.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord,....…
Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord,.... At Gilgal, as Abarbinel thinks; which is the first thing for which the kingdom was threatened to be taken from him, Sa1 13:13,
nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek: in sparing Agag, and the best of the cattle, Sa1 15:9,
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therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day; forsaken him, rent his kingdom from him, and would deliver him into the hands of the Philistines, as follows: had he been the true Samuel, he would have told him of some other sins of his, provoking to the Lord; as his slaughter of the priests at Nob, his cruel persecution of David, and especially of his asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit at this time, of which not a word is said, and yet was the very transgression for which Saul died, Ch1 10:13.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. Nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek]…
Verse 18. Nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek] See 1Sa 15:1-9 and the notes there.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. Because thou obeyedst not, &c.] Cp. 1Sa_15:20; 1Sa_15:26.
18. Because thou obeyedst not, &c.] Cp. 1Sa_15:20; 1Sa_15:26.
executedst … hath the Lord done] The connexion between the sin and the sentence is emphasized by the use of the same verb in the original in both clauses.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Yahweh will give Israel along with you into the…
Yahweh will give Israel along with you into the hand of the Philistines
Samuel speaks as if the people of Israel were a small object that Yahweh would give to the Philistines, whom he speaks of as if they were one person. AT: "Yahweh will allow the Philistines to do whatever they want to do to you and the people of Israel" (See: Metaphor)
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will be with me
This is a polite way to say that Saul will die. AT: "will be dead" (See: Euphemism)
Yahweh will also give the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines
Samuel speaks as if the army of Israel were a small object that Yahweh would give to the Philistines, whom he speaks of as if they were one person. AT: "Yahweh will allow the Philistines to do whatever they want to do to the army of Israel" (See: Metaphor)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 28:18 you refused: Samuel’s message to Saul had not…
28:18 you refused: Samuel’s message to Saul had not changed (cp. 15:19).
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