And the Lord said unto Samuel, … fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. 1 Samuel 16:1. When the sacrifice was ended,
Sanity Almost Gone
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 1 Samuel 15:26. When Saul saw that Samuel came
Not Really Sorry
Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 1 Samuel 15:23. Terrified by the denunciation of the prophet, Saul acknowledged his guilt, which he had before stubbornly denied; but he still
I Hear the Sheep
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. 1 Samuel 15:11. While Saul and his army were marching home in the flush
Not to be Trusted
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. 1 Samuel 15:9 Since the
Tested Again
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not. 1 Samuel 15:3. The Lord sent His servant with another message to Saul. By obedience he might still prove his fidelity to God and
It Works Two Ways
With what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Matthew 7:2. Saul could not but feel that his son was preferred before him, both by the people