⁷ Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ^(A)“Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel,

^2 (A)“Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and ^(B)you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins,

⁷ Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I ^(A)anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. ⁸ I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you much more!

²⁴ ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, ^(A)for this thing is from Me.” ’ ” Therefore they obeyed the word of the Lord, and turned back, according to the word of the Lord.

¹⁶ Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet! And I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”

And he said to him, “Speak on.”

²⁷ Then a ^(A)man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ^(B)‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house? ²⁸ Did I not ^(C)choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod before Me? And ^(D)did I not give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? ²⁹ Why do you ^(E)kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded in My ^(F)dwelling place, and honor your sons more than ^(G)Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?’ ³⁰ Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ^(H)‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ^(I)‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and ^(J)those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.