22. Then Samuel replied,"Does the Lord want entirely burned offerings and sacrificesas much as obedience to the Lord?Listen to this: obeying is better than sacrificing,paying attention is better than fat from rams,
23. because rebellion is as bad as the sin of divination;arrogance is like the evil of idolatry.Because you have rejected what the Lord said,he has rejected you as king."
24. Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned because I disobeyed the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the troops and obeyed them.
25. But now please forgive my sin! Come back with me, so I can worship the Lord."
26. But Samuel said to Saul, "I can’t return with you because you have rejected what the Lord said, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel."
27. Samuel turned to leave, but Saul grabbed at the edge of his robe, and it ripped.
28. Then Samuel told him, "The Lord has ripped the kingdom of Israel from you today. He will give it to a friend of yours, someone who is more worthy than you.
29. What’s more, the enduring one of Israel doesn’t take back what he says and doesn’t change his mind. He is not a human being who would change his mind."
30. "I have sinned," Saul said, "but please honor me in front of my people’s elders and before Israel, and come back with me so I can worship the Lord your God."