13 But Samuel said to Saul, “(A)You have acted foolishly! (B)You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for the Lord would now have established your kingdom [a]over Israel (C)forever. 14 But (D)now your kingdom shall not endure. (E)The Lord has sought for Himself a man [b]after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:13 Lit to
  2. 1 Samuel 13:14 Lit like His

13 “You have done a foolish thing,(A)” Samuel said. “You have not kept(B) the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.(C) 14 But now your kingdom(D) will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart(E) and appointed(F) him ruler(G) of his people, because you have not kept(H) the Lord’s command.”

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13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.

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23 For rebellion is as reprehensible as the sin of (A)divination,
And insubordination is as reprehensible as (B)false religion and idolatry.
Since you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(C)He has also rejected you from being king.”

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23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,(A)
    and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected(B) the word of the Lord,
    he has rejected you as king.”

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23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

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