1 Samuel 8:18

8:18 In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you in that day.”

1 Samuel 14:37

14:37 So Saul asked God, “Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.

1 Samuel 17:30

17:30 Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, but they gave him the same answer as before.

1 Samuel 28:6

28:6 So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him – not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets.

tc The LXX adds “because you have chosen for yourselves a king.”

tn Heb “and spoke according to this word.”

tn Heb “the people.”

sn See the note at 1 Sam 14:41.