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 15:12

15:12 Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, “Saul has gone to Carmel where ²  he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left ³  and went down to Gilgal.” ⁴ 

1 Samuel 15:28

15:28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!

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

[15:12]  ² tn Heb “and look.”

[15:12]  ³ tn Heb “and he turned and crossed over.”

[15:12]  ⁴ tc At the end of v. 12 the LXX and one Old Latin ms include the following words not found in the MT: “to Saul. And behold, he was offering as a burnt offering to the Lord the best of the spoils that he had brought from the Amalekites.”