1 Samuel 15:24-35

24Saul answered Samuel, “I have sinned. I have transgressed the Lord’s command and your words. Because I was afraid of the people, I obeyed them.

25Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the Lord.”

26Samuel replied to Saul, “I will not return with you. Because you rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

27When Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the corner of his robe, and it tore.

28Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingship of Israel away from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

29Furthermore, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie or change his mind, for he is not man who changes his mind.”

30Saul said, “I have sinned. Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me so I can bow in worship to the Lord your God.”

31Then Samuel went back, following Saul, and Saul bowed down to the Lord.

32Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of Amalek.” Agag came to him trembling, for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”

33Samuel declared: As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women. Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.

34Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

35Even to the day of his death, Samuel never saw Saul again. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord regretted he had made Saul king over Israel.