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1 Samuel 15:24-28
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24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned because I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh[a] and your words, for I feared the troops and I listened to their voice. 25 So then, please pardon my sin and return with me so that I can worship[b] Yahweh.” 26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and he has rejected you from being king over Israel!”

27 As Samuel turned around to go, he[c] caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore. 28 Then Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:24 Literally “the mouth of Yahweh”
  2. 1 Samuel 15:25 Literally “so that I can bow down to”
  3. 1 Samuel 15:27 That is, Saul
  4. 1 Samuel 15:28 Literally “the better than you”
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