Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
"Yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me."  (1 Samuel 15:30).  The meaning of this request seems to be, "Very well, granting that I have sinned, and that this exclusion from the kingdom has been passed upon me, yet at least do me the honor due to the rank which I continue to hold."[19]