25. Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the Lord.”
26. Samuel replied to Saul, “I will not return with you. Because you rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
27. When Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.
28. Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingship of Israel away from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
29. Furthermore, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not man who changes his mind.”
30. Saul said, “I have sinned. Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me so I can bow in worship to the Lord your God.”
31. Then Samuel went back, following Saul, and Saul bowed down to the Lord.
32. Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of Amalek.”Agag came to him trembling, for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”
33. Samuel declared:As your sword has made women childless,so your mother will be childless among women. Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
34. Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
35. Even to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord regretted He had made Saul king over Israel.