1 Samuel 15:23

15:23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and presumption is like the evil of idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

he has rejected you as 1  king.”

1 Samuel 8:7

8:7 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. 2  For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

1 Samuel 16:1

Samuel Anoints David as King

16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. 3  Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, 4  for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” 5 

1 tn Or “from [being].”

2 tn Heb “Listen to the voice of the people, to all which they say to you.”

3 tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

5 tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”