1 Samuel 15:24-35

24Then Saul said to Samuel, “1I have sinned, for 2I have violated the 3command of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice. 25Now then, 4please pardon my sin and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord.” 26But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for 5you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.” 27Then Samuel turned to go, but 6Saul grasped the edge of his robe, and it tore off. 28So Samuel said to him, “7The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you. 29Also the 89Glory of Israel 10will not lie nor change His mind; for He is not a man, that He would change His mind.” 30Then Saul said, “I have sinned; 11but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before all Israel, and go back with me, 12so that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31So Samuel went back following Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.

32Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him 13cheerfully. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is gone!” 33But Samuel said, “14As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.

34Then Samuel went to 15Ramah, but Saul went up to his house at 16Gibeah of Saul. 35And 17Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, though Samuel 18mourned for 19Saul. And the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.