Cross references

1 Samuel 28:18

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 BSB

1 Samuel 28:18 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 15:9 (4 votes) and 1 Kings 20:42 (4 votes). 5 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from 1 Samuel 13 to Hebrews 11.

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  1. Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

  2. And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”

  3. Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.

  4. So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.

  5. “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

  6. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.” Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. …

  7. So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

  8. You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face. Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

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