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1 Samuel 13

1 Sam. 13:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But now thy kingdom
mamlakah (Hebrew #4467)
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mam-law-kaw'
Origin: from 4427
shall not continue
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
: the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hath sought
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
him aq man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
after his own heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
, and the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hath commanded
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
him to be captain
nagiyd (Hebrew #5057)
from 5046; a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes
KJV usage: captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.
Pronounce: naw-gheed'
Origin: or nagid {naw-gheed'}
over his people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, because thou hast not kept
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
that which the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
commanded
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
thee.
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Psa. 89:20• 20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: (Psa. 89:20)
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Acts 13:22• 22And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will. (Acts 13:22)

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Ministry on This Verse

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But now.
1 Sam. 2:30• 30Wherefore Jehovah the God of Israel saith, I said indeed, Thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever. But now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. (1 Sam. 2:30)
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1 Sam. 15:28• 28Then Samuel said to him, Jehovah has rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to day, and has given it to thy neighbour, who is better than thou. (1 Sam. 15:28)
the Lord.
1 Sam. 16:1,12• 1And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.
 12And he sent and brought him in. And he was ruddy, and besides of a lovely countenance and beautiful appearance. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he. (1 Sam. 16:1,12)
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2 Sam. 7:15‑16• 15but my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before thee.
 16And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made firm for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. (2 Sam. 7:15‑16)
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Psa. 78:70• 70And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: (Psa. 78:70)
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Psa. 89:19,20‑37• 19Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
 20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
 21With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
 22No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
 23But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
 24And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
 25And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
 26*He* shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my *God, and the rock of my salvation;
 27And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
 28My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
 29And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
 30If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
 31If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
 32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
 33Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
 34My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
 35Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
 36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
 37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah. (Psa. 89:19,20‑37)
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Acts 13:22• 22And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will. (Acts 13:22)
captain over.
1 Sam. 9:16• 16To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him prince over my people Israel; and he will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. (1 Sam. 9:16)
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2 Sam. 5:2• 2Even aforetime, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel. (2 Sam. 5:2)
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2 Kings 20:5• 5Return, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up to the house of Jehovah; (2 Kings 20:5)
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Heb. 2:10• 10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make perfect the leader of their salvation through sufferings. (Heb. 2:10)
• Observe here, that it is not through being defeated by the Philistines that Saul loses the throne. The fault was between himself and God. The Philistines do not attack him. (“1 Samuel 13” by J.N. Darby)
• Kingship according to the flesh, responsible although established by God, has just proven not only that it is incapable of maintaining itself, but also that man has no other resource but grace. This is what God wanted to demonstrate. Then, He establishes kingship according to grace, after His own heart. (“1 Samuel 13” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah has sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah has appointedb him ruler over his people; for thou hast not kept what Jehovah commanded thee.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "commanded."