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1 Samuel 28:6

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4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.

5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

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BSB
He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
KJV
And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
WEB
When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.
ASV
And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
DARBY
And Saul inquired of Jehovah; but Jehovah did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.
BLB
And Saul inquired of YHWH, and YHWH did not answer him either by dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.
ÅB
Og Saul spurte Herren; men Herren svarte ham ikke, hverken ved drømmer eller ved urim eller ved profeter.
OTB
Så spurte Saul Herren, men Herren svarte ham ikke, verken ved drømmer, eller ved Urim, eller ved profeter.
B1930
Og Saul spurte Herren; men Herren svarte ham ikke, hverken ved drømmer eller ved urim eller ved profeter.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 12:6

    And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:37

    And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

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  • Lamentations 2:9

    Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

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  • Numbers 27:21

    And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

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  • Ezekiel 20:1–3

    And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.

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  • James 4:3

    Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:8

    And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

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  • John 9:31

    Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

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