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1 Samuel 15:24-26
Common English Bible
1 Samuel 15:24-26
Common English Bible
24 Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned because I disobeyed the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the troops and obeyed them. 25 But now please forgive my sin! Come back with me, so I can worship the Lord.”
26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I can’t[a] return with you because you have rejected what the Lord said, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
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1 Samuel 15:24-26
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:24-26
New International Version
24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned.(A) I violated(B) the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid(C) of the men and so I gave in to them. 25 Now I beg you, forgive(D) my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord.”
26 But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected(E) the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”
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