When was the last time that Samuel saw Saul?

Samuel stops visiting Saul, but a later passage puts Saul before Samuel. A visit initiated by Samuel and any subsequent encounter are different claims.

Textual conflict: Weak contradiction; The supplied passages do not establish incompatible claims. Different events, meanings, or conditions may account for the difference.
Importance: Supporting; A supporting event, teaching, or biographical claim.

Samuel ceasing to visit Saul does not exclude Saul later arriving in Samuel's presence.

An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.

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Samuel never again comes to visit Saul

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 15:35

Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)

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Context affects the comparison

This chapter both describes God repenting over Saul's kingship and says God will not repent. Verse 29 occurs in Samuel's rejection of Saul's request to reverse the verdict. Inspect whether the statement concerns that verdict or makes a general claim about God changing his mind.

1 Samuel 15 (KJV)

Saul later prophesies in Samuel's presence

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And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

1 Samuel 19:24

Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)

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Understanding the contradiction

1 Samuel 15:35 says Samuel came no more to see Saul until his death. The wording describes Samuel's action of coming to visit, while also noting his continuing grief over Saul. It does not literally say the two men could never occupy the same place again.

1 Samuel 19:24 places Saul prophesying before Samuel and lying naked through a day and night. That establishes a later encounter, but does not say Samuel came to Saul. The passage conflicts with a broad claim that Samuel never saw Saul again; it does not directly contradict the narrower statement that Samuel stopped making visits. The allegation depends on expanding the earlier wording beyond its stated action.

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Samuel never again comes to visit Saul

Saul later prophesies in Samuel's presence

Understanding the contradiction

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