26. “I will not go back with you,” Samuel answered. “You rejected the Lord's command, and he has rejected you as king of Israel.”
27. Then Samuel turned to leave, but Saul caught hold of his cloak, and it tore.
28. Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today and given it to someone who is a better man than you.
29. Israel's majestic God does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being — he does not change his mind.”