1 Samuel 15:19

15:19 Why haven’t you obeyed ¹  the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.” ² 

1 Samuel 15:23

15:23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and presumption is like the evil of idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

he has rejected you as ³  king.”

[15:19]  ¹ tn Heb “listened to the voice of the Lord.”

[15:19]  ² tn Heb “you have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

[15:23]  ³ tn Or “from [being].”