Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow thou and thy sons shall be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines' — Samuel's final prophecy ('gam et-yiśrāʾēl ʿim-kkā yittan YHWH beyyad pᵉlišt') pronounces doom not only upon Saul but upon Israel. The phrase 'attāh ûbanékā ʿimmî' (you and your sons with me) speaks of death, the passage to Sheol, while Israel's defeat is promised as well.

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