1 Some time after Saumel departed from Saul, the Lord himself spoke to his prophet. For And the Lord said at the beginning of an episode, see on 15:1. The expressions grieve about and being king over Israel echo the last verse of ch. 15 and thus are a link with the previous chapter. With the phrase I myself, “you” and “I,” both expressed by independent pronouns, are sharply contrasted. The use of the perfect have already rejected (me’astîw) here is in sharp contrast with the participle which describes
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