³⁰ Then Ahijah took hold of the new garment that was on him, and ^(A)tore it into twelve pieces.

²⁷ And as Samuel turned around to go away, ^(A)Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. ²⁸ So Samuel said to him, ^(B)“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

^4 (A)Then the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’ ” And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. ⁵ Now it happened afterward that ^(B)David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe.