1 Samuel 15:28

15:28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!

1 Samuel 15:1

Saul Is Rejected as King

15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. ¹ 

1 Samuel 3:1

The Call of Samuel

3:1 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. ²  Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

[15:1]  ¹ tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the Lord” (so KJV).

[3:1]  ² tn Heb “before Eli.”