1 Samuel 15:26
And Samuel said unto Saul: 'I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
25Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD.'
27And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it rent.
Cross References
Genesis 43:11And their father Israel said unto them: 'If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds;
1 Samuel 13:14But now thy kingdom shall not continue; the LORD hath sought him a man after His own heart, and the LORD hath appointed him to be prince over His people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.'
1 Samuel 15:31So Samuel returned after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
2 Samuel 7:15but My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to Me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 15:25-32
Saul's Dethronement Foretold. ( b. c. 1065.) 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord , and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord . 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord , and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away,… Read the whole commentary →