28 So Samuel said to him, “(A)The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you. 29 Also the [a](B)Glory of Israel (C)will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.” 30 Then he said, “I have sinned; (D)but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, (E)that I may worship the Lord your God.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:29 Or Eminence

28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn(A) the kingdom(B) of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.(C) 29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie(D) or change(E) his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”

30 Saul replied, “I have sinned.(F) But please honor(G) me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”

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