1Sa 15:23, 16:1, 31:4, 6, Hos 7:16, 8:4, 10:3, 7, 15 | ESV | STEP | For rebellion is as the sin of divination , and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry . Because you have rejected the word of the Lord , he has also rejected you from being king .

v[See ver. 6 above]

1 Samuel 15:23

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

1 Samuel 16:1

David Anointed King

1 The Lord said to Samuel, ^d“How long will you grieve over Saul, since ^eI have rejected him from being king over Israel? ^fFill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, ^gfor I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

1 Samuel 31:4

4 ^hThen Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these ⁱuncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, ^jfor he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword ^kand fell upon it.

1 Samuel 31:6

6 Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.

Hosea 7:16

16 They ^lreturn, but not upward; ^{▼▼Or to the Most High}
they are ⁿlike a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of ^othe insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision ^pin the land of Egypt.

Hosea 8:4

4 ^qThey made kings, ^rbut not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.

Hosea 10:3

3 For now they will say:
^s“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king—what could he do for us?”

Hosea 10:7

7 ^tSamaria’s king shall perish
like a twig on the face of the waters.

Hosea 10:15

15 Thus it shall be done to you, O ^uBethel,
because of your great evil.
At dawn ^vthe king of Israel
shall be utterly cut off.