en_tn/1sa/28/16.md

torn the kingdom out of your hand

Samuel speaks as if the kingdom were a physical object that could be held in the hand and grabbed out by another person. AT: "made you so you are no longer king" or "made another person king in your place" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/samuel
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kingdom
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david