1 Samuel 10:24
10:24 Then Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom the
Lord has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!” All the people shouted out, “Long live the king!”
1 Samuel 13:13-14
13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the Lord your God gave you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!
13:14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out for himself a man who is loyal to him and the Lord has appointed him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”
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 king.”
1 Samuel 15:2
15:2 Here is what the
Lord of hosts says: ‘I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed
Israel along the way when Israel
came up from Egypt.
1 Samuel 7:15-16
7:15 So Samuel led
Israel all the days of his life.
7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel,
Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.