²⁶ But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for ^(A)you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

²⁸ So Samuel said to him, “^(A)Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

David Anointed King

16 Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “^(A)How long will you be grieving over Saul? ^(B)I have rejected him from being king over Israel. ^(C)Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to ^(D)Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I ^(E)see among his sons a king for Me.”

¹³ Then Samuel took the horn of oil and ^(A)anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and ^(B)the Spirit of Yahweh ^[a]came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.