09:015:026 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.
09:015:027 And as Samuel turned about to go away,
he laid hold upon the
skirt
of his mantle, and it rent.
09:015:028 And Samuel said unto him, The lord
hath rent the kingdom of
Israel
from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour
of
thine,
that is better than thou.
09:015:029 And also the Strength of Israel will not
lie nor repent: for
he
is not a man, that he should repent.
09:015:030 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour
me now, I pray thee,
before
the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn
again
with me, that I may worship the lord thy God.
09:015:031 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and
Saul worshipped the
lord.
09:015:032 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me
Agag the king of the
Amalekites.
And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said,
Surely
the bitterness of death is past.
09:015:033 And Samuel said, As the sword hath made
women childless, so
shall
thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel
hewed
Agag
in pieces before the lord in Gilgal.
09:015:034 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went
up to his house to
Gibeah
of Saul.
09:015:035 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until
the day of his
death:
nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the
lord
repented
that he had made Saul king over Israel.
09:016:001 And the lord said unto Samuel, How
long wilt thou mourn for
Saul,
seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?
fill
thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse
the
Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among
his
sons.
09:016:002 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul
hear it, he will kill
me.
And the lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and
say, I am
come
to sacrifice to the lord.
09:016:003 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I
will shew thee what
thou
shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom
I name
unto
thee.
09:016:004 And Samuel did that which the lord
spake, and came to
Bethlehem.
And the elders of the town trembled at his coming,
and
said, Comest thou peaceably?
09:016:005 And he said, Peaceably: I am come
to sacrifice unto the lord:
sanctify
yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.
And he
sanctified
Jesse and his sons, and called them to the
sacrifice.


