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1 Samuel 13:13-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 13:13-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 Samuel said to Saul, “You have been foolish.(A) You have not kept the command which 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 loyal to Him,[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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- 1 Samuel 13:14 Lit man according to His heart
1 Samuel 13:13-14
New International Version
1 Samuel 13:13-14
New International Version
13 “You have done a foolish thing,(A)” Samuel said. “You have not kept(B) the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.(C) 14 But now your kingdom(D) will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart(E) and appointed(F) him ruler(G) of his people, because you have not kept(H) the Lord’s command.”
1 Samuel 13:13-14
King James Version
1 Samuel 13:13-14
King James Version
13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.
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1 Samuel 15:23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 15:23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,(A)
and defiance is like wickedness(B) and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has rejected you as king.(C)
1 Samuel 15:23
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:23
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:23
King James Version
1 Samuel 15:23
King James Version
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
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