World English Bible
1 Samuel 15:28
“Samuel said to him, "Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 15
26
Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.
27
As Samuel turned about to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
28
Samuel said to him, "Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
29
Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
30
Then he said, "I have sinned: yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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