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Lexicon :: Strong's H5493 - sûr

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סוּר
Transliteration
sûr
Pronunciation
soor
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1480

Strong’s Definitions

סוּר çûwr, soor; or שׂוּר sûwr; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literally or figuratively):—be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, × be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 301x

The KJV translates Strong's H5493 in the following manner: (put, take, ...) away (97x), depart (76x), remove (35x), aside (29x), take (14x), turn (12x), turn in (9x), take off (6x), go (3x), put (3x), eschewed (3x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 301x
The KJV translates Strong's H5493 in the following manner: (put, take, ...) away (97x), depart (76x), remove (35x), aside (29x), take (14x), turn (12x), turn in (9x), take off (6x), go (3x), put (3x), eschewed (3x), miscellaneous (14x).

  1. to turn aside, depart

    1. (Qal)

      1. to turn aside, turn in unto

      2. to depart, depart from way, avoid

      3. to be removed

      4. to come to an end

    2. (Polel) to turn aside

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose

      2. to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish

    4. (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּר çûwr, soor; or שׂוּר sûwr; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literally or figuratively):—be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, × be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
STRONGS H5493: Abbreviations
סוּר and (Hosea 9:12) [שׂוּד] 300 verb turn aside (Late Hebrew Hiph. cause to turn aside, or apostatize; Tel Amarna sûru, noun rebel WklGloss); —
Qal161 Perfect masculine singular סָר Exodus 3:4 +; 3rd person feminine singular סָ֫רָה 1 Samuel 16:14 +; 1st person singular סָ֑רְתִּי Psalm 119:102; 3rd person plural סָרוּ Deuteronomy 9:12 +; 2nd person masculine plural סַרְתֶּם Deuteronomy 9:16 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָסוּר Genesis 49:10 +, וַיָּ֫מַר Judges 4:18 +; 3rd person feminine singular תָּסוּר 1 Samuel 6:3 +; 1st person singular cohortative אָסֻ֫רָה Exodus 3:3; 3rd person masculine plural יָסֻ֫רוּ Exodus 25:15 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular סוּר 2 Samuel 2:22 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute סוֺר Daniel 9:5, סֹר Daniel 9:11; construct סוּר Isaiah 7:17 +; suffix שׂוּרִי Hosea 9:12 (Ges§ 6 k Now); Participle סָר Job 1:1 +; feminine construct סָרַת Proverbs 11:22; masculine plural construct סָרֵי Jeremiah 6:28 (or from סרר, or שָׂר); passive feminine סוּרָה Isaiah 49:21, with intransitive meaning (Ges§ 50f Köii. 1, 137), plural suffix סוּרַי [H3249 Jeremiah 17:13] Qr; and construct סוּרֵי [H5494 Jeremiah 2:21]; —
1. turn aside, out of one's course 1 Samuel 6:12; Deuteronomy 2:27, from following, מֵאַחֲרֵי person 2 Samuel 2:21, 2 Samuel 2:22, absolute 2 Samuel 2:23, from attacking, מֵעַל 2 Chronicles 20:10; turn in unto (for shelter, refuge, etc.), with אֶלֿ, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3(J) Judges 4:18 (3 times in verse); Judges 19:11, Judges 19:12; 2 Kings 4:11, with לְ Judges 20:8, with שָׁם Judges 18:3; Judges 19:15, שָׁ֫מָה Judges 18:15; 2 Kings 4:8)+ infinitive), 2 Kings 4:10; with הֵ֫נָּה Proverbs 9:4, Proverbs 9:16 (in figurative); for purpose implied Exodus 3:3 (J) Ruth 4:1 (twice in verse), or expressed by infinitive Exodus 3:4 (J) Judges 14:8; Jeremiah 15:5 (in figurative); especially figurative turn aside from right path, from י׳, his commands, etc., usually with מִן Exodus (J) Judges 2:17; Deuteronomy 9:12 + 7 times D, Proverbs 13:14 + 5 times Proverbs, + 10 times elsewhere, + 2 Chronicles 8:15 (insert מִן); with מֵאַחֲרֵי 1 Samuel 12:20 + 4 times; with מֵעַל Jeremiah 32:40; Ezekiel 6:9; מִן + יָמִין etc. Deuteronomy 5:29 ; Deuteronomy 17:11; 2 Kings 22:2 2 Chronicles 34:2; absolute (sometimes = revolt) Psalm 14:3; Jeremiah 5:23; Deuteronomy 11:16; Deuteronomy 17:17 (subject לֵבָב), וְסוּרַי Jeremiah 17:13 Qr (> יסורי Kt) read probably וְסוּרֶיךָ those revolting from thee (Ew Gie); סוּרֵי הַגֶּפֶן נָכְרִיָּה H5494 Jeremiah 2:21 degenerate (shoots) of the foreign vine (figurative); סָרַת טַעַם Proverbs 11:22 a woman turning aside as to discretion, shewing lack of it; also from wrong path, sins (of Jeroboam), etc., with מִן 2 Kings 3:3; 2 Kings 14:24 + 7 times 2 Kings; with מֵעַל 2 Kings 10:31; 2 Kings 15:18; with מֵאַחֲרֵי 2 Kings 10:29; סָר מֵרָע (participle) Job 1:1, Job 1:8; Job 2:3 also Isaiah 59:15; סוּר מֵרָע (infinitive and imperative) Job 28:28; Proverbs 3:7; Proverbs 13:19; Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 16:17; Psalm 34:1b; Psalm 37:27.
2. depart, usually with מִן, of frogs Exodus 8:7 [Exodus 8:11], flies Exodus 8:25 [Exodus 8:29] (both J), sword 2 Samuel 12:10; sceptre from Judah Genesis 49:10 (poem in J): י׳'s hand 1 Samuel 6:3, his kindness 2 Samuel 7:15 (MT, but read אָסִיר Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate || 1 Chronicles 17:13 Th We Dr Klo Bu Kit HPS), his wrath Ezekiel 16:42 (but strike out Co Siegf Toy), depart from way = get out of the way, cease to obstruct Isaiah 30:11, etc.; with מִתּוֺךְ 1 Samuel 15:6 (twice in verse); with מֵעַל Isaiah 7:17; Judges 16:19; Numbers 12:10, etc.; of י׳ departing, מִן person, Hosea 9:12, מֵעַל Judges 16:20; 1 Samuel 28:16, מֵעִם 1 Samuel 18:12; God, with מִן Job 21:14; Job 22:17, with מֵעַל 1 Samuel 28:16, רוּחֵ י׳, with מֵעִם 1 Samuel 16:14; evil spirit, with מֵעַל 1 Samuel 16:23; absolute depart [from Babylon] Isaiah 52:11 (twice in verse); = avoid contact Lamentations 4:15 (3 times in verse); of wicked Job 15:30 he shall not depart out of (מִנִּי) darkness, i.e. shall not avoid it, escape it; passive participle made to depart, thrust away, of Israel under figure of wife Isaiah 49:21 (> active, according to BaNB § 124 c).
3. of lifeless things = be removed, oppressors's yoke, with מֵעַל Isaiah 14:25 compare Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 10:27; staves from (מִן) ark Exodus 25:15; absolute inquity Isaiah 6:7; especially of בָּמוֺת 1 Kings 15:14; 1 Kings 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4 [2 Kings 12:3]; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Kings 15:35; 2 Chronicles 15:17; 2 Chronicles 20:33.
4. = come to an end, Amos 6:7; Isaiah 11:13. — For סָר אֶלֿ 1 Samuel 22:14 read שָׂר עַלֿ Greek Version of the LXX Th Dr Klo Bu Kit Löhr HPS; in 1 Samuel 15:32 Th HPS strike out סָר (after Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Syriac Version) as dittograph; סָר סָבְאָם Hosea 4:18 see סֹבֶא; Hosea 7:14 read יָס֫וֺרוּ for יָס֫וּרוּ (√ סרר which see); Jeremiah 6:28, it is uncertain whether (סוֺרְרִים) סָרֵי belongs here, revolters among the rebellious, or below []סרר, or even = שָׂרֵי princes, chiefs (compare 1 Samuel 22:14).
† Pô`lel Perfect 3rd person masculine singular סוֺרֵר דְּרָכָיו Lamentations 3:11 he turned aside my ways (my steps).
Hiph.133 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵסִיר 2 Kings 18:4 +; 2nd person masculine singular וַהֲסִרֹ֫תָ consecutive (Dr§ 110(5) Obs.) 1 Kings 3:31 [1Ki 2:31]; 1st person singular הֲסִירֹ֫תִי 2 Kings 23:27 +, וַהֲסִרֹתִ֫י 1 Samuel 17:46 +; 3rd person plural הֵסִ֫ירוּ 2 Chronicles 30:14, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָסִיר Isaiah 3:18 +, jussive יָסֵר Exodus 8:4 [Exodus 8:8] +, וַיָּ֫סַר Genesis 8:13 +; suffix וַיְסִרֵהוּ 1 Samuel 18:13, וַיְסִרֶהָ 1 Kings 15:13, יְסִירֶנָּה Leviticus 3:4 +; 3rd person masculine plural יָסִ֫ירוּ Isaiah 5:23 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הָסֵר 1 Kings 20:24 +, הָסִיר Ezekiel 21:31 [Ezekiel 21:26] (read הָסֵיר, הָסֵר); feminine singular הָסִ֫ירִי 1 Samuel 1:14, etc.; Infinitive absolute הָסֵר Genesis 30:32 +; construct הָסִיר 2 Kings 6:32 +, etc.; Participle מֵסִיר Isaiah 3:1 + 3 times; —
1. cause to (turn aside,) depart, common word for remove, take away: with מִן, Exodus 8:4 [Exodus 8:8]; Exodus 8:27 [Exodus 8:31]; Exodus 33:23 (all J), Exodus 23:25 (E) Deuteronomy 7:15; 1 Samuel 28:3; Joshua 7:13 (J) Judges 10:16; Isaiah 3:1; Psalm 18:23 [Psalm 18:22] (+ || 2 Samuel 22:23, read אָסִיר מִמֶּנִּי De Hup-Now HPS); shoulder from burden Psalm 81:7 [Psalm 81:6]; מֵסִיר אָזְנוֺ מִשְּׁמֹעַ Proverbs 28:9; + often, + Job 33:17 (insert מִן Greek Version of the LXX Ew Di De Hi Bu and others); with מֵעַל, take off ring Genesis 41:42 (E) Esther 3:10, also Esther 8:2 (absolute); garments Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 (J) Deuteronomy 21:13; Zechariah 3:4; 1 Samuel 17:39 (armour), also Exodus 34:34 (P; absolute) and Ezekiel 26:16 (Co insert מֵעַל); take off head, מֵעַל 1 Samuel 17:46, absolute 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Kings 16:32; with מֵעַל also often figurative (from upon = from resting on, or burdening), plagues Exodus 8:4 [Exodus 8:8]; Exodus 10:17 (J), compare Numbers 21:7 (E), also 1 Samuel 1:14; Amos 5:23; 1 Kings 2:31; reproach 1 Samuel 17:26; Isaiah 25:8; with מֵעִם = from one's presence 1 Samuel 18:13, also of י׳ removing kindness 1 Chronicles 16:13 [1 Samuel 16:14] = || 2 Samuel 7:15 (see Qal 2.); with מֵעַל מָּנָיו, of י׳ removing Israel 2 Kings 17:18, 2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 23:27; 2 Kings 24:3; Jeremiah 32:31; absolute 2 Kings 23:27; often absolute, Genesis 8:13 Noah removed the covering; remove = depose with מִן 1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chronicles 15:16 (see מִן 7b (b)), absolute 2 Chronicles 36:3, compare Judges 9:29; Job 34:20; remove בָּמוֺת, etc., 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 18:22 = Isaiah 36:7; 2 Chronicles 32:12; 2 Kings 23:19; 2 Chronicles 30:14; 2 Chronicles 14:2 [2 Chronicles 14:3], compare 2 Chronicles 14:4 [2 Chronicles 14:5]; 2 Chronicles 17:5 [2 Chronicles 17:6] (both with מִן); = put away strange gods, etc., Genesis 35:2; Joshua 24:14, Joshua 24:23 (all E), 1 Samuel 7:4, with מִתּוֺךְ 1 Samuel 7:3; Isaiah 58:9; once with לְ, מֵסִיר שָׂפָה לְנֶאֱמָנִים Job 12:20.
2. rarer uses are: put aside = leave undone Joshua 11:15 (D); retract words Isaiah 31:2 (of י׳); reject prayer Psalm 66:20; abolish sacrifice Daniel 11:31; turn one away מֵאַחֲרֵי, i.e. from following Deuteronomy 7:4; with אֶלֿ person, remove the ark unto 2 Samuel 6:10 = 1 Chronicles 13:13.
† Hoph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוּסַר Leviticus 4:31; Daniel 12:11; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוּסַר Leviticus 4:35; Participle מוּסָר Isaiah 17:1; plural מוּסָרִים 1 Samuel 21:7 [1 Samuel 21:6] (but final ם probably dittograph before מ We Dr Klo Kit HPS); — be taken away, removed: with מִן Leviticus 4:35, מֵעַל Leviticus 4:31, מִלִּפְנֵי י׳ 1 Samuel 21:7 [1 Samuel 21:6]; מוּסָר מֵעִיר Isaiah 17:1 Damascus is removed from being a city; absolute be abolished Daniel 12:11 (compare Daniel 11:31 Hiph.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:13; 8:13; 19:2; 19:3; 30:32; 35:2; 38:14; 38:19; 41:42; 49:10; 49:10

Exodus

3:3; 3:3; 3:4; 3:4; 8:8; 8:8; 8:8; 8:11; 8:29; 8:31; 10:17; 23:25; 25:15; 25:15; 33:23; 34:34

Leviticus

3:4; 4:31; 4:31; 4:35; 4:35

Numbers

12:10; 21:7

Deuteronomy

2:27; 5:29; 7:4; 7:15; 9:12; 9:12; 9:16; 11:16; 17:11; 17:17; 21:13

Joshua

7:13; 11:15; 24:14; 24:23

Judges

2:17; 4:18; 4:18; 9:29; 10:16; 14:8; 16:19; 16:20; 18:3; 18:15; 19:11; 19:12; 19:15; 20:8

Ruth

4:1

1 Samuel

1:14; 1:14; 6:3; 6:3; 6:12; 7:3; 7:4; 12:20; 15:6; 15:32; 16:14; 16:14; 16:14; 16:23; 17:26; 17:39; 17:46; 17:46; 18:12; 18:13; 18:13; 21:6; 21:6; 22:14; 22:14; 28:3; 28:16; 28:16

2 Samuel

2:21; 2:22; 2:22; 2:23; 4:7; 6:10; 7:15; 7:15; 12:10; 16:9; 22:23

1 Kings

2:31; 2:31; 15:13; 15:13; 15:14; 20:24; 22:44

2 Kings

3:3; 4:8; 4:10; 4:11; 6:32; 10:29; 10:31; 12:3; 14:4; 14:24; 15:4; 15:18; 15:35; 17:18; 17:23; 18:4; 18:4; 18:22; 22:2; 23:19; 23:27; 23:27; 23:27; 24:3

1 Chronicles

13:13; 17:13

2 Chronicles

8:15; 14:3; 14:5; 15:16; 15:17; 17:6; 20:10; 20:33; 30:14; 30:14; 32:12; 34:2; 36:3

Esther

3:10; 8:2

Job

1:1; 1:1; 1:8; 2:3; 12:20; 15:30; 21:14; 22:17; 28:28; 33:17; 34:20

Psalms

14:3; 18:22; 34:1; 37:27; 66:20; 81:6; 119:102

Proverbs

3:7; 9:4; 9:16; 11:22; 11:22; 13:14; 13:19; 16:6; 16:17; 28:9

Isaiah

3:1; 3:1; 3:18; 5:23; 6:7; 7:17; 7:17; 10:27; 11:13; 14:25; 14:25; 17:1; 17:1; 25:8; 30:11; 31:2; 36:7; 49:21; 49:21; 52:11; 58:9; 59:15

Jeremiah

5:23; 6:28; 6:28; 15:5; 17:13; 32:31; 32:40

Lamentations

3:11; 4:15

Ezekiel

6:9; 16:42; 21:26; 26:16

Daniel

9:5; 9:11; 11:31; 11:31; 12:11; 12:11

Hosea

4:18; 7:14; 9:12; 9:12; 9:12

Amos

5:23; 6:7

Zechariah

3:4

H5493

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Strong's Number H5493 matches the Hebrew סוּר (sûr),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - And Eli said to her, “How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand does not turn away from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the LORD only.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21 - And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - Then Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him cheerfully.[fn] Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:14 - Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the LORD tormented him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23 - And whenever the harmful spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the harmful spirit departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:26 - And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - and David strapped his sword over his armor. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” So David put them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:46 - This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:12 - Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:6 - So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the LORD, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - Then Ahimelech answered the king, “And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and captain over[fn] your bodyguard, and honored in your house?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:3 - Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 - Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:16 - And Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has turned from you and become your enemy?
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