1 Samuel 15:24-33
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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.
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25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
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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.
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27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
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28 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.
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29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
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30 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.
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31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
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32 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.
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33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.