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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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How can I go
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Exd 3:11; 1Ki 18:9-14; Mat 10:16; Luk 1:34 |
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Take an heifer
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For the prudent management of the affair, and to avoid suspicion, Samuel was directed to go to Bethlehem to sacrifice, as he probably did from time to time in many different places; and the answer which he was instructed to return was strictly true though he did not tell the principal design of his coming; for though no man in any circumstances should tell a lie, yet, in all circumstances, he is not bound to tell the whole truth, though he must tell nothing but the truth, and so tell that truth that the hearer shall not believe a lie by it. |
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with thee
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Heb. in thine hand. 1Sa 9:12 |
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I am come
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1Sa 9:12; 1Sa 20:29; Jer 38:26,27 |
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Exd 3:11 |
And Moses said unto God, Who [am] I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? |
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1Ki 18:9 |
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? |
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1Ki 18:10 |
[As] the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, [He is] not [there]; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. |
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1Ki 18:11 |
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]. |
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1Ki 18:12 |
And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. |
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1Ki 18:13 |
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? |
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1Ki 18:14 |
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]: and he shall slay me. |
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Mat 10:16 |
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. |
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Luk 1:34 |
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? |
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1Sa 9:12 |
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for [there is] a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: |
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1Sa 9:12 |
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for [there is] a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: |
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1Sa 20:29 |
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. |
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Jer 38:26 |
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. |
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Jer 38:27 |
Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 16:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Sa/16/2.html>.
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