13 Samuel said to Saul, “You have been foolish.(A) You have not kept the command which the Lord your God gave you.(B) It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel,(C) 14 but now your reign will not endure.(D) The Lord has found a man loyal to Him,[a](E) and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not done what the Lord commanded.” 15 Then Samuel went[b] from Gilgal to Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul registered the troops who were with him, about 600 men.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 13:14 Lit man according to His heart
  2. 1 Samuel 13:15 LXX reads Samuel left Gilgal and went on his way, and the rest of the people followed Saul to join the people in his army. They went

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