1 Samuel 15:24-26

New International Reader's Version

²⁴ Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I’ve broken the Lord’s command. I haven’t done what you directed me to do. I was afraid of the men. So I did what they said I should do. ²⁵ Now I beg you, forgive my sin. Come back into town with me so I can worship the Lord.”

²⁶ But Samuel said to him, “I won’t go back with you. You have refused to do what the Lord told you to do. So he has refused to have you as king over Israel!”