1 Samuel 15:1

Saul Is Rejected as King

15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. ¹ 

1 Samuel 15:10

15:10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel:

1 Samuel 15:23

15:23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and presumption is like the evil of idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

he has rejected you as ²  king.”

[15:1]  ¹ tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the Lord” (so KJV).

[15:23]  ² tn Or “from [being].”