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 

[15:23]  ¹ tn Or “from [being].”

[8:7]  ² tn Heb “Listen to the voice of the people, to all which they say to you.”

[16:1]  ³ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

[16:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”