1 Samuel 15:12
1 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 15
“And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.”1 Samuel 15:12
What Does 1 Samuel 15:12 Mean?
1 Samuel 15:12 is found in the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 15, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (10)
These passages are connected to 1 Samuel 15:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Joshua 15:55“Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,”1 Samuel 25:2“And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.”2 Samuel 18:18“Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.”Psalms 49:11“Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.”Numbers 31:13“And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.”Joshua 4:8“And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.”Joshua 19:26“And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;”1 Samuel 7:12“Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.”1 Kings 18:19“Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.”1 Kings 18:42“So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,”
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