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But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you; for ayou have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel."
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1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 16:1
1 Samuel 13
14
"But anow your kingdom shall not endure. bThe Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you."
1 Samuel 16
1
Now the Lord said to Samuel, "aHow long will you grieve over Saul, since bI have rejected him from being king over Israel? cFill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to dJesse the Bethlehemite, for I have eselected a king for Myself among his sons."