Read 1 Samuel 15.24-35
In verse 27: Grasping the hem of a person's garment was a way way of submitting or pleading.
In verse 28: Samuel uses the torn hem as an object lesson.
The Lord has torn the kingdom from Saul and given it to his neighbor, an allusion to David.
In verse 29: The point of this verse is that the Lord will not change his mind, so Saul's further pleading is futile.
The Glory of Israel is an epithet for the Lord not used elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible.
The general message of the verse seems to contradict the larger context in which the Lord has changed his mind about allowing Saul to be king.
Some scholars address this contradiction by positing v. 29 as a later addition.
In verse 33: Agag's dismemberment before the Lord at the hands of Samuel was a ritual execution as punishment either for war crimes or for violation of an unknown treaty.
In verse 35: The statement that Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death anticipates the story in 1 Sam 28 but starts the tension with 1 Sam 19.18-24.
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