1 Samuel 28:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ But he refused and said, “I am not going to eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, urged him. And he listened to their voice. So he rose from the ground and sat on the bed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ But he said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, urged him, and he heeded their words. So he arose from the ground and sat upon the bed.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

Common English Bible

²³ But Saul refused. “I can’t eat!” he said. But his servants and the woman urged him to do so, and so he did. He got up off the ground and sat on a couch.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ But he refused, and he said, "I will not eat." But his servants and the woman urged him, and after some time, heeding their voice, he rose up from the ground, and he sat upon the bed.

1 Samuel 28:23 Cross References

1 Kings 21:4

And Aḥ

2 Kings 4:8

And it came to be on a day that Elisha went to Shunĕ

2 Kings 5:13

And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had spoken to you a great matter, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”

Esther 1:6

White and blue tapestries were fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on silver rods and marble columns – the couches were of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and black marble.

Proverbs 25:20

One who takes away a garment in cold weather, Is like vinegar on soda, And a singer of songs on an evil heart.

Ezekiel 23:41

“And you sat on a splendid couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.

Luke 14:23

“And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the street corners and hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house is filled.

Luke 24:29

But they urged Him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening, and the day has declined.” And He went in to stay with them.

Acts 16:15

And when she was immersed, and her household, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be believing in the Master, come to my house and stay.” And she urged us.

2 Corinthians 5:14

For the love of Messiah compels us, having judged this: that if One died for all, then all died;

1 Samuel 28:22

“And now, please listen to the voice of your female servant too, and let me set a piece of bread before you. And eat, so that you have strength when you go on your way.”