1 Samuel 15:26-31 And Samuel said to Saul, I cannot return with thee. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, therefore the Lord will reject thee from being king over Israel.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁶ And Samuel said to Saul, I cannot return with thee. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, therefore the Lord will reject thee from being king over Israel. ²⁷ And when Samuel turned his face to go away, Saul took hold of the skirt of his mantle, and rent it. ²⁸ Thereupon Samuel said to him, The Lord hath rent thy regal government from Israel, this day, out of thy hand, and will give it to a neighbour of thine, who is better than thou, ²⁹ and Israel shall be rent in twain. He will not change, nor alter his mind, for he is not a man, that he should change his mind. ³⁰ Then Saul said, I have sinned; but honour me, I beseech thee, in the presence of the elders of Israel, and before my people, and return up with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God. ³¹ So Samuel returned up after Saul, and when he had worshipped the Lord,