And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams nor by Urim, that is, the Urim and Thummim of the high priest's ephod, for Saul had either had anew ephod made after the escape of Abiathar, 1 Samuel 23:6, or there were, for a while, two high priests, Cf 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 15:24; 1 Chronicles 15:11, nor by prophets, to whom Saul now once more turned. It was no true inquiry, made with a humble heart, and therefore was ignored by the Lord.

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