16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing, the Lord is gone from thee, and is thine enemy?

17 Even the Lord hath done to [a]him, as he spake (A)by mine [b]hand: for the Lord will rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and give it thy neighbor David.

18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon the Amalekites, therefore hath the Lord done this unto thee this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 28:17 That is, to David.
  2. 1 Samuel 28:17 Or, ministry.

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