1 Samuel 15:26-28

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²⁶ Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”^{(A) 27} As Samuel turned to go away, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore.^{(B) 28} And Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this very day and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.^(C)