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1 Samuel 15:23-30

23Forrebellionמֶ֔רִיMe.riH4805isasthesinחַטַּאת־cha.tat-H2403ofwitchcraft,andstubbornnessisasidolatryandteraphimוּתְרָפִ֖יםu.te.ra.FimH8655.Becausethou hastrejectedמָאַ֙סְתָּ֙ma.'As.taH3988thewordדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697ofJehovah,hehathalsorejectedוַיִּמְאָסְךָ֖vai.yim.'a.se.KhaH3988theefrombeingkingמִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סmi.Me.lekhH4428.

24AndSaulשָׁא֤וּלsha.'UlH7586saidH559untoSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050,IhavesinnedH2398;forIhavetransgressedthecommandmentofJehovah,andthywordsדְּבָרֶ֑יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697,becauseIfearedיָרֵ֙אתִי֙ya.Re.tiH3372thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,andobeyedtheirvoiceבְּקוֹלָֽם׃be.ko.LamH6963.

25NowH6258thereforeוְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.TahH6258,Ipraythee,pardonmysinחַטָּאתִ֑יcha.ta.TiH2403,andturnH7725againwithme,thatImayworshipJehovah.

26AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidH559untoSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586,Iwillnotreturnאָשׁ֖וּב'a.ShuvH7725withthee;forthou hastrejectedמָאַ֙סְתָּה֙ma.'As.tahH3988thewordדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697ofJehovah,andJehovahhathrejectedוַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣vai.yim.'a.se.KhaH3988theefrombeingkingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478.

27AndasSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050turnedוַיִּסֹּ֥בvai.yi.SoH5437abouttogoH5437awayH5437,Saullaidholdוַיַּחֲזֵ֥קvai.ya.cha.ZekH2388upontheskirtבִּכְנַף־bikh.naf-H3671ofhisrobeמְעִיל֖וֹme.'i.LoH4598,anditrent.

28AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidH559untohim,Jehovahhath rentthekingdomמַמְלְכ֧וּתmam.le.KhutH4468ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478fromtheethisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117,andhathgivenוּנְתָנָ֕הּu.ne.ta.NahH5414ittoaneighborלְרֵעֲךָ֖le.re.'a.KhaH7453ofthine,thatisbetterהַטּ֥וֹבha.TovH2896thanthou.

29Andalsoוְגַם֙ve.GamH1571theStrengthofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478willnotlienorrepentH5162;forheisnotamanאָדָ֛ם'a.DamH120,thatheshouldrepentH5162.

30ThenhesaidH559,IhavesinnedH2398:yethonorכַּבְּדֵ֥נִיka.be.De.niH3513menowעַתָּ֗ה'a.TahH6258,Ipraythee,beforetheeldersזִקְנֵֽי־zik.nei-H2205ofmypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971,andbeforeIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andturnH7725againwithme,thatImayworshipJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

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