Then said Samuel, 'Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?' — Samuel's rhetorical question ('lemāh tišʾāl-nî veYHWH sār mimmᵋkā') exposes the futility of Saul's inquiry. His alienation from God ('vayyᴵhî-lekkā lōyēb') has placed him beyond the reach of prophetic counsel.

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