13 And Samuel said to Saul, ^a“You have done foolishly. ^bYou have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.  ‡

14 ^aBut now your kingdom shall not continue. ^bThe Lord has sought for Himself a man ^cafter His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have ^dnot kept what the Lord commanded you.”  ‡

17 Then raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned onto the road to ^aOphrah, to the land of Shual,  ‡

18 another company turned to the road to ^aBeth Horon, and another company turned to the road of the border that overlooks the Valley of ^bZeboim toward the wilderness.  ‡