But now I beg you, forgive my sin and go back with me, so that I can worship the Lord.”
David got up from the floor, took a bath, combed his hair, and changed his clothes. Then he went and worshiped in the house of the Lord. When he returned to the palace, he asked for food and ate it as soon as it was served.
Now forgive my sin this one time and pray to the Lord your God to take away this fatal punishment from me.”
“I will not go back with you,” Samuel answered. “You rejected the Lord's command, and he has rejected you as king of Israel.”