1 Samuel 15:11 and God Changing His Mind Does God change his mind in 1 Samuel 15:11? How can you reconcile 1 Samuel 15:11 and Numbers 23:19? 1 Samuel 15:11 — It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. Numbers 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?