When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, “Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.”

Samuel said to the cook, “Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you – the one I asked you to keep with you.”

Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!