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1
Then Samuel
said
to Saul,
"The LORD
sent
me to anoint
you as king
over
His people,
over
Israel;
now
therefore, listen
to the words
of the LORD.
2
"Thus
says
the LORD
of hosts,
'
I will punish
Amalek
for what
he did
to Israel,
how
he set
himself against him on the way
while he was coming
up from Egypt.
3
'
Now
go
and strike
Amalek
and utterly destroy
all
that he has, and do not spare
him; but put to death
both
man
and wo
man
,
child
and infant,
ox
and sheep,
camel
and donkey.'"
4
Then Saul
summoned
the people
and numbered
them in Telaim,
200,000
foot soldiers
and 10,000
men
of Judah.
5
Saul
came
to the city
of Amalek
and set an ambush
in the valley.
6
Saul
said
to the Kenites,
"Go,
depart,
go down
from among
the Amalekites,
so that I do not destroy
you with them; for you showed
kindness
to all
the sons
of Israel
when they came
up from Egypt."
So the Kenites
departed
from among
the Amalekites.
7
So Saul
defeated
the Amalekites,
from Havilah
as you go
to Shur,
which
is east
of Egypt.
8
He captured
Agag
the king
of the Amalekites
alive,
and utterly destroyed
all
the people
with the edge
of the sword.
9
But Saul
and the people
spared
Agag
and the best
of the sheep,
the oxen,
the fatlings,
the lambs,
and all
that was good,
and were not willing
to destroy
them utterly;
but everything
despised
and worthless,
that they utterly destroyed.
10
Then the word
of the LORD
came
to Samuel,
saying,
11
"I regret
that I have made
Saul
king,
for he has turned back
from following
Me and has not carried
out My commands."
And Samuel
was distressed
and cried
out to the LORD
all
night.
12
Samuel
rose early
in the morning
to meet
Saul;
and it was told
Samuel
,
saying,
"Saul
came
to Carmel,
and behold,
he set
up a monument
for himself, then turned
and proceeded
on down
to Gilgal."
13
Samuel
came
to Saul,
and Saul
said
to him, "Blessed
are you of the LORD!
I have carried
out the command
of the LORD."
14
But Samuel
said,
"What
then is this
bleating
of the sheep
in my ears,
and the lowing
of the oxen
which
I hear?"
15
Saul
said,
"They have brought
them from the Amalekites,
for the people
spared
the best
of the sheep
and oxen,
to sacrifice
to the LORD
your God;
but the rest
we have utterly destroyed."
16
Then Samuel
said
to Saul,
"Wait,
and let me tell
you what
the LORD
said
to me last night."
And he
said
to him, "Speak!"
17
Samuel
said,
"Is it not true, though
you were little
in your own eyes,
you were made the head
of the tribes
of Israel?
And the LORD
anointed
you king
over
Israel,
18
and the LORD
sent
you on a mission,
and said,
'
Go
and utterly destroy
the sinners,
the Amalekites,
and fight
against them until
they are exterminated.'
19
"Why
then did you not obey
the voice
of the LORD,
but rushed
upon the spoil
and did
what was evil
in the sight
of the LORD?"
20
Then Saul
said
to Samuel,
"I did obey
the voice
of
the LORD
,
and went
on the mission
on which
the LORD
sent
me, and have brought
back Agag
the king
of Amalek,
and have utterly destroyed
the Amalekites.
21
"But the people
took
some of the spoil,
sheep
and oxen,
the choicest
of the things devoted to destruction,
to sacrifice
to the LORD
your God
at Gilgal."
22
Samuel
said,
"Has the LORD
as much delight
in burnt offerings
and sacrifices
As in obeying
the voice
of the LORD?
Behold,
to obey
is better
than
sacrifice,
And to heed
than
the fat
of rams.
23
"For rebellion
is as the sin
of divination,
And insubordination
is as iniquity
and idolatry.
Because
you have rejected
the word
of the LORD,
He has also rejected
you from being king."
24
Then Saul
said
to Samuel,
"I have sinned;
I have indeed
transgressed
the command
of the LORD
and your words,
because
I feared
the people
and listened
to their voice.
25
"Now
therefore, please
pardon
my sin
and return
with me, that I may worship
the LORD."
26
But Samuel
said
to Saul,
"I will not return
with you; for you have rejected
the word
of the LORD,
and the LORD
has rejected
you from being
king
over
Israel."
27
As Samuel
turned
to go,
Saul seized
the edge
of his robe,
and it tore.
28
So Samuel
said
to him, "The LORD
has torn
the kingdom
of Israel
from you today
and has given
it to your neighbor,
who is better
than
you.
29
"Also
the Glory
of Israel
will not lie
or change
His mind;
for He is not a man
that He should change His mind."
30
Then he said,
"I have sinned;
but please
honor
me now
before
the elders
of my people
and
before
Israel,
and go back
with me, that I may worship
the LORD
your God."
31
So Samuel
went back
following
Saul,
and Saul
worshiped
the LORD.
32
Then Samuel
said,
"Bring
me Agag,
the king
of the Amalekites."
And Agag
came
to him cheerfully.
And Agag
said,
"Surely
the bitterness
of death
is past."
33
But Samuel
said,
"As your sword
has made
women
childless,
so
shall your mother
be childless
among
women
."
And Samuel
hewed
Agag
to pieces
before
the LORD
at Gilgal.
34
Then Samuel
went
to Ramah,
but Saul
went
up to his house
at Gibeah
of Saul.
35
Samuel
did
not see
Saul
again
until
the day
of his death;
for
Samuel
grieved
over
Saul
.
And the LORD
regretted
that He had made
Saul
king
over
Israel.
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