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Samuel said, "Why are you asking me when the LORD has turned against you and become your enemy?
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The LORD has done to you [exactly] what he spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingship out of your hands and given it to your fellow Israelite David.
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The LORD is doing this to you today because you didn't listen to him or unleash his burning anger on Amalek.
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For the same reasons the LORD will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And then the LORD will hand Israel's army over to the Philistines."
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Immediately, Saul fell flat on the ground. He was frightened by Samuel's words. He also had no strength left, because he hadn't eaten anything all day or all night.
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The woman came over to Saul and saw that he was terrified. "I listened to you," she told him, "and I took my life in my hands when I did what you told me to do.
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Now please listen to me. I will serve you something to eat. Eat it so that you will have strength when you leave."
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But he refused. "I don't want to eat," he said. Nevertheless, his officers and the woman kept urging him until he listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
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The woman immediately butchered a fattened calf that she owned. She took flour, kneaded it, and baked some unleavened bread.
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Then she served it to Saul and his officers. They ate and left that [same] night.