1 Samuel 15:23

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665 · Ashmolean Museum, Oxford · Public domainGerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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1 Samuel 15:23 (WEB)
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the LORD’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”

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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVII.7Book XVII
“Again Saul sinned through disobedience, and again Samuel says to him in the word of the Lord, “Because thou hast despised the word of the Lord, the Lord hath despised thee, that thou mayest not be king over Israel.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xv. 23.
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