1Sa 2:30, 13:14, 16:1, 2Ki 17:15-20, 1Ch 28:9 | ESV | STEP | Therefore the Lord , the God of Israel , declares : I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever , but now the Lord declares : Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor , and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed .

1 Samuel 2:30

30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ^a‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ^bbut now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

1 Samuel 13:14

14 But now ^cyour kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man ^dafter his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

1 Samuel 16:1

David Anointed King

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

2 Kings 17:15-20

15 They despised his statutes ^jand his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after ^kfalse idols ^land became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the ^mLord had commanded them that they should not do like them. 16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of ⁿtwo calves; and they ^omade an Asherah and ^pworshiped all the host of heaven and served ^qBaal. 17 ^rAnd they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings ^{▼▼Or made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire} and used ^tdivination and ^uomens and ^vsold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. None was left but ^wthe tribe of Judah only.

19 ^xJudah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced. 20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them ^yand gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

1 Chronicles 28:9

David’s Charge to Solomon

9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a ^zwhole heart and with a willing mind, ^aafor the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. ^abIf you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.