Discovery Box1 Samuel 8:18 
Context8:18 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
1 Samuel 14:37
Context14:37 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
Context17:30 Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, 2 but they 3 gave him the same answer as before.
1 Samuel 28:6
Context28:6 So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him – not by dreams nor by Urim 4 nor by the prophets.
1 tc The LXX adds “because you have chosen for yourselves a king.”
2 tn Heb “and spoke according to this word.”
3 tn Heb “the people.”
4 sn See the note at 1 Sam 14:41.
