1Sa 13:13, 15:2, 23 | ESV | STEP | And Samuel said to Saul , You have done foolishly . You have not kept the command of the Lord your God , with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever .

1 Samuel 13:13

13 And Samuel said to Saul, ^a“You have done foolishly. ^bYou have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

1 Samuel 15:2

2 Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel ^cin opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:23

23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and ^didolatry.
Because ^eyou have rejected the word of the Lord,
^fhe has also rejected you from being king.”