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21 When the woman came up to Saul and saw that he was greatly troubled, she said to him, “Look, your handmaid has obeyed your command. I have taken my life in my hands when I did what you had ordered me to do. 22 Therefore, please heed the voice of your handmaid. Let me give you something to eat, and then you will have the strength to go on your way.” 23 [a]He refused and said, “I will not eat!”

But both his servants and the woman kept urging him, and he finally listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the couch. Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 28:23 Saul could no longer hide from the terrible indictment against him. God’s rejection has plummeted him into an abyss of despair, and he must be forced to eat.