Now it came to pass, after that Amazi´ah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Se´ir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.