13 At this Samuel said to Saul: “You have acted foolishly.+ You have not kept the commandment+ of Jehovah your God that he commanded you,+ because, if you had, Jehovah would have made your kingdom firm over Israel to time indefinite.

23 for rebelliousness+ is the same as the sin of divination,+ and pushing ahead presumptuously* the same as [using] uncanny power and teraphim.*+ Since you have rejected the word of Jehovah,+ he* accordingly rejects you from being king.”*+