14 And now your kingdom will not last.+ Jehovah will certainly find* for himself a man agreeable to his heart;+ and Jehovah will commission him as a leader+ over his people, because you did not keep what Jehovah commanded you.”+

28 At this Samuel said to him: “Jehovah has ripped away+ the royal rule of Israel from off you today, and he will certainly give it to a fellowman of yours who is better than you.+

8 And Saul began to be very angry,+ and this saying was bad from his viewpoint,* so that he said: “They have given David tens of thousands, but to me they have given the thousands, and there is yet only the kingship to give him!”+

31 For all the days that the son of Jesʹse is alive on the ground, you and your kingship will not be firmly established.+ So now send and fetch him to me, for he is destined for death.”*+

17 And he went on to say to him: “Do not be afraid;+ for the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you yourself will be king+ over Israel, and I myself shall become second to you; and Saul my father also has knowledge to that effect.”+