1 Samuel 28:18 meaning and explanation
Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
1 Samuel 28:18, Berean Standard Bible
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Samuel, brought up at Endor, is speaking to Saul on the night before the battle at Gilboa. Samuel names the reason the kingship has been torn from Saul: he did not obey the LORD or carry out the judgment against Amalek, the nation Israel was commanded to destroy for ambushing them on the way out of Egypt.
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