15:24And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

15:25Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

15:26And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

15:27And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

15:28And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

15:29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

15:30Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.