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and now, bear, I pray thee, with my sin, and turn back with me, and I bow myself to Jehovah.'
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And Samuel saith unto Saul, `I do not turn back with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth reject thee from being king over Israel.'
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And Samuel turneth round to go, and he layeth hold on the skirt of his upper robe -- and it is rent!
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And Samuel saith unto him, `Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to-day, and given it to thy neighbour who is better than thou;
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and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent, for He [is] not a man to be penitent.'
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And he saith, `I have sinned; now, honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me; and I have bowed myself to Jehovah thy God.'
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And Samuel turneth back after Saul, and Saul boweth himself to Jehovah;
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and Samuel saith, `Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,' and Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith, `Surely the bitterness of death hath turned aside.'
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And Samuel saith, `As thy sword bereaved women -- so is thy mother bereaved above women;' and Samuel heweth Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.
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And Samuel goeth to Ramath, and Saul hath gone unto his house -- to Gibeah of Saul.
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And Samuel hath not added to see Saul till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul, and Jehovah repented that He had caused Saul to reign over Israel.