CLV(i)
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, `I do not turn back with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh does reject you from being king over Israel..
27 And Samuel turns round to go, and he lays hold on the skirt of his upper robe--and it is rent!"
28 And Samuel said unto him, `Yahweh has rent the kingdom of Israel from you to-day, and given it to your neighbor who is better than you;"
29 and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel does not lie nor repent, for He [is] not a man to be penitent..
30 And he said, `I have sinned; now, honor me, I pray you, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me; and I have bowed myself to Yahweh your Elohim..
31 And Samuel turns back after Saul, and Saul bows himself to Yahweh;"