13 But Samuel said to Saul, “(A)You have acted foolishly! (B)You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for the Lord would now have established your kingdom [a]over Israel (C)forever. 14 But (D)now your kingdom shall not endure. (E)The Lord has sought for Himself a man [b]after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:13 Lit to
  2. 1 Samuel 13:14 Lit like His

23 For rebellion is as reprehensible as the sin of (A)divination,
And insubordination is as reprehensible as (B)false religion and idolatry.
Since you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(C)He has also rejected you from being king.”

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