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1 Samuel 13:14 — But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a…
“But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.”
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The verses around 1 Samuel 13:14.
12Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
13And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
14But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.
15And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
16And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
Verse explanation
This is the first mention, still unnamed, of “a man after his own heart” — only in chapter 16 will the reader discover this is David.
From the 1 Samuel 13 study in Bible in Stories.
1 Samuel 13:14 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porém agora não subsistirá o teu reino: já tem buscado o Senhor para si um homem segundo o seu coração, e já lhe tem ordenado o Senhor, que seja chefe sobre o seu povo, porquanto não guardaste o que o Senhor te ordenou
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Mas agora teu reino não será durável: o SENHOR buscou para si homem segundo seu coração, ao qual o SENHOR mandou que seja líder sobre seu povo, porquanto tu não guardaste o que o SENHOR te mandou.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Pero ahora tu reino no durará. El Señor ha encontrado para sí un hombre que piensa como él, y lo ha elegido para que sea el gobernante de su pueblo, porque tú no has cumplido los mandatos del Señor”.
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