¹³ But Samuel said to Saul, “^(A)You have acted foolishly! ^(B)You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for the Lord would now have established your kingdom ^[a]over Israel ^(C)forever. ¹⁴ But ^(D)now your kingdom shall not endure. ^(E)The Lord has sought for Himself a man ^[b]after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

¹⁶ Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop, and let me inform you of what the Lord said to me last night.” And he said to him, “Speak!”