^{26 Ref} Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.

^{27 Ref} As Samuel turned about to go away, [Saul] laid hold on the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

^{28 Ref} Samuel said to him, Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

^{29 Ref} Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.

^{30 Ref} Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, Please, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.

³¹ So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.