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Judges 16:20

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And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
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  1. Numbers 14:42–43Rank 1 from verse 20
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    42Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

    43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.

  2. 1 Samuel 16:14Rank 2 from verse 20
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    14¶ But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.

  3. 1 Samuel 18:12Rank 3 from verse 20
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    12¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.

  4. 2 Chronicles 15:2Rank 4 from verse 20
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    2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

  5. Isaiah 59:1–2Rank 5 from verse 20
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    1BEHOLD, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

    2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

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Judges 16:20

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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awoke

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Past-tense or past-participial form of awake (to cease sleeping, or to arouse from sleep or inactivity).

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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sleep

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Sense 1: Natural bodily rest with suspended waking activity; figuratively, inattention or inactivity; or death described as sleep. Sense 2: To rest in sleep; figuratively, to lie in death.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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shake

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To move rapidly back and forth; to cause to tremble, loosen, overthrow, or become unsettled.

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departed

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1. Left, went away, or moved from a place or person. 2. Ceased to remain, was removed, disappeared, or passed away. 3. Turned or separated from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. Left earthly life or this world.

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19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

20And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

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21¶ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

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