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1 Samuel 15:28

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Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

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1 Samuel 15:28 in other translations

And Samuel said unto him, Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou.

1 Samuel 15:28 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 15:28 in context

  1. 26Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected Yahweh’s word, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
  2. 27As Samuel turned around to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
  3. 28Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
  4. 29Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”
  5. 30Then 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.”