1 Samuel 28:16

New King James Version

Then Samuel said: “So why do you ask me, seeing the Lord has departed from you and has become your enemy?

Cross References

2 Kings 6:27

And he said, “If the Lord does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”

Lamentations 2:4

Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow; With His right hand, like an adversary, He has slain all who were pleasing to His eye; On the tent of the daughter of Zion, He has poured out His fury like fire.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord was like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel, He has swallowed up all her palaces; He has destroyed her strongholds, And has increased mourning and lamentation In the daughter of Judah.

Revelation 18:20

“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!”

Revelation 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”

Judges 5:31

“Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But let those who love Him be like the sun When it comes out in full strength.” So the land had rest for forty years.

1 Samuel 28:15

Now Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” And Saul answered, “I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may reveal to me what I should do.”

1 Samuel 28:17

And the Lord has done for Himself as He spoke by me. For the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David.