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1 Samuel 15:27-29
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27 As Samuel turned to go, Saul seized a loose end of his garment, and it tore off.(A) 28 So Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.(B) 29 The Glory of Israel neither deceives nor repents,[a] for he is not a mortal who repents.”(C)

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  1. 15:29 Nor repents: the apparent contradiction between this verse and vv. 11, 35 leads some scholars to consider it a gloss (cf. Nm 23:19). However, this phrase can be understood to underscore the definitive character of Samuel’s declaration that Saul has lost the kingship.
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