1 Samuel 28:18

Bible in Basic English 1965

Because you did not do what the Lord said, and did not give effect to his burning wrath against Amalek. So the Lord has done this thing to you today.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:42

And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.

1 Chronicles 10:13

So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,

Jeremiah 48:10

Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

1 Samuel 13:9

And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a blessing.

1 Samuel 15:20

And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.

1 Samuel 15:28

And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.

1 Samuel 15:9

But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs, and whatever was good, not desiring to put them to the curse: but everything which was bad and of no use they put to the curse.