1 Samuel 28:18

God's Word

The Lord is doing this to you today because you didn’t listen to him or unleash his burning anger on Amalek.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:42

The prophet told him, “This is what the Lord says: You let the man go. He was claimed by God and should have been killed. For that reason your life will be taken in place of his life and your people in place of his people.”

1 Chronicles 10:13

So Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to the Lord: He did not obey the Lord’s word. He asked a medium to request information ⌞from a dead person⌟.

Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed are those who neglect doing the Lord’s work. Cursed are those who keep their swords from killing.

1 Samuel 13:9

Then Saul said, “Bring me the animals for the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” So he sacrificed the burnt offering.

1 Samuel 15:20

“But I did obey the Lord,” Saul told Samuel. “I went where the Lord sent me, brought ⌞back⌟ King Agag of Amalek, and claimed the Amalekites for God.

1 Samuel 15:28

Samuel told him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today. He has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

1 Samuel 15:9

Saul and the army spared Agag and the best sheep and cows, the fattened animals, the lambs, and all the best ⌞property⌟. The army refused to claim them for God by destroying them. But everything that was worthless and weak the army did claim for God and destroy.