1 Samuel 15:12

The Lord Rejects Saul

¹² So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul went to _r Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal."

Cross References
1 Samuel 15:35
And Samuel went no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
1 Samuel 16:1
Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.

Matthew Henry Concise

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Samuel 15:12

Strong's Concordance

1 Samuel 15:12

And when SamuelH8050 rose earlyH7925 to meetH7125 SaulH7586 in the morning,H1242 it was toldH5046 Samuel,H8050 sayingH559, SaulH7586 cameH935 to Carmel,H3760 and, behold, he set him upH5324 a place,H3027 and is gone aboutH5437, and passed onH5674, and gone downH3381 to Gilgal.H1537

Notes

1 Samuel 15:12

So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul went to Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal.

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