1 Samuel 28:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 28:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Samuel 28:20 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 28:20 — KJV
“Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. fell...: Heb. made haste, and fell with the fulness of his stature”
— 1 Samuel 28:20 (KJV)
1 Samuel 28:20 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.
Cross-References for 1 Samuel 28:20
“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. commandments: Heb. words”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 28:20: words, bread, day
“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 28:20: then, bread, day
“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 28:20: fell, because, bread
“And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? lay: Heb. fell”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 28:20: saul, fell, samuel
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 28:20: earth, day, night
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