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1 # Samuel <08050> also said <0559> (8799) unto Saul <07586>, The LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8804) me to anoint <04886> (8800) thee to be king <04428> over his people <05971>, over Israel <03478>: now therefore hearken <08085> (8798) thou unto the voice <06963> of the words <01697> of the LORD <03068>.
2 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, I remember <06485> (8804) that which Amalek <06002> did <06213> (8804) to Israel <03478>, how he laid <07760> (8804) wait for him in the way <01870>, when he came up <05927> (8800) from Egypt <04714>.
3 Now go <03212> (8798) and smite <05221> (8689) Amalek <06002>, and utterly destroy <02763> (8689) all that they have, and spare <02550> (8799) them not; but slay <04191> (8689) both man <0376> and woman <0802>, infant <05768> and suckling <03243> (8802), ox <07794> and sheep <07716>, camel <01581> and ass <02543>.
4 And Saul <07586> gathered <08085> <00> the people <05971> together <08085> (8762), and numbered <06485> (8799) them in Telaim <02923>, two hundred <03967> thousand <0505> footmen <07273>, and ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376> of Judah <03063>.
5 And Saul <07586> came <0935> (8799) to a city <05892> of Amalek <06002>, and laid wait <07378> (8799) <0693> (8686) in the valley <05158>.
6 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto the Kenites <07017>, Go <03212> (8798), depart <05493> (8798), get you down <03381> (8798) from among <08432> the Amalekites <06002>, lest I destroy <0622> (8799) you with them: for ye shewed <06213> (8804) kindness <02617> to all the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, when they came up <05927> (8800) out of Egypt <04714>. So the Kenites <07017> departed <05493> (8799) from among <08432> the Amalekites <06003>.
7 And Saul <07586> smote <05221> (8686) the Amalekites <06002> from Havilah <02341> until thou comest <0935> (8800) to Shur <07793>, that is over against <06440> Egypt <04714>.
8 And he took <08610> (8799) Agag <090> the king <04428> of the Amalekites <06002> alive <02416>, and utterly destroyed <02763> (8689) all the people <05971> with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>.
9 But Saul <07586> and the people <05971> spared <02550> (8799) Agag <090>, and the best <04315> of the sheep <06629>, and of the oxen <01241>, and of the fatlings <04932>, and the lambs <03733>, and all that was good <02896>, and would <014> (8804) not utterly destroy <02763> (8687) them: but every thing <04399> that was vile <05240> and refuse <04549> (8738), that they destroyed utterly <02763> (8689).
10 # Then came the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto Samuel <08050>, saying <0559> (8800),
11 It repenteth <05162> (8738) me that I have set up <04427> (8689) Saul <07586> to be king <04428> : for he is turned back <07725> (8804) from following <0310> me, and hath not performed <06965> (8689) my commandments <01697> . And it grieved <02734> (8799) Samuel <08050>; and he cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068> all night <03915> .
12 And when Samuel <08050> rose early <07925> (8686) to meet <07125> (8800) Saul <07586> in the morning <01242>, it was told <05046> (8714) Samuel <08050>, saying <0559> (8800), Saul <07586> came <0935> (8804) to Carmel <03760>, and, behold, he set him up <05324> (8688) a place <03027>, and is gone about <05437> (8735) , and passed on <05674> (8799), and gone down <03381> (8799) to Gilgal <01537>.
13 And Samuel <08050> came <0935> (8799) to Saul <07586>: and Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Blessed <01288> (8803) be thou of the LORD <03068>: I have performed <06965> (8689) the commandment <01697> of the LORD <03068>.
14 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), What meaneth then this bleating <06963> of the sheep <06629> in mine ears <0241>, and the lowing <06963> of the oxen <01241> which I hear <08085> (8802)?
15 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), They have brought <0935> (8689) them from the Amalekites <06003> : for the people <05971> spared <02550> (8804) the best <04315> of the sheep <06629> and of the oxen <01241>, to sacrifice <02076> (8800) unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>; and the rest <03498> (8802) we have utterly destroyed <02763> (8689).
16 Then Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul <07586>, Stay <07503> (8685), and I will tell <05046> (8686) thee what the LORD <03068> hath said <01696> (8765) to me this night <03915>. And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Say on <01696> (8761).
17 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), When thou wast little <06996> in thine own sight <05869>, wast thou not made the head <07218> of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, and the LORD <03068> anointed <04886> (8799) thee king <04428> over Israel <03478>?
18 And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) thee on a journey <01870>, and said <0559> (8799), Go <03212> (8798) and utterly destroy <02763> (8689) the sinners <02400> the Amalekites <06002>, and fight <03898> (8738) against them until they be consumed <03615> (8763).
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey <08085> (8804) the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>, but didst fly <05860> (8799) upon the spoil <07998>, and didst <06213> (8799) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>?
20 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel <08050>, Yea, I have obeyed <08085> (8804) the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>, and have gone <03212> (8799) the way <01870> which the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8804) me, and have brought <0935> (8686) Agag <090> the king <04428> of Amalek <06002>, and have utterly destroyed <02763> (8689) the Amalekites <06002>.
21 But the people <05971> took <03947> (8799) of the spoil <07998>, sheep <06629> and oxen <01241>, the chief <07225> of the things which should have been utterly destroyed <02764>, to sacrifice <02076> (8800) unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> in Gilgal <01537>.
22 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), Hath the LORD <03068> as great delight <02656> in burnt offerings <05930> and sacrifices <02077>, as in obeying <08085> (8800) the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>? Behold, to obey <08085> (8800) is better <02896> than sacrifice <02077>, and to hearken <07181> (8687) than the fat <02459> of rams <0352>.
23 For rebellion <04805> is as the sin <02403> of witchcraft <07081>, and stubbornness <06484> (8687) is as iniquity <0205> and idolatry <08655>. Because thou hast rejected <03988> (8804) the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> , he hath also rejected <03988> (8799) thee from being king <04428>.
24 # And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel <08050>, I have sinned <02398> (8804): for I have transgressed <05674> (8804) the commandment <06310> of the LORD <03068>, and thy words <01697>: because I feared <03372> (8804) the people <05971>, and obeyed <08085> (8799) their voice <06963>.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon <05375> (8798) my sin <02403>, and turn again <07725> (8798) with me, that I may worship <07812> (8691) the LORD <03068>.
26 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto Saul <07586>, I will not return <07725> (8799) with thee: for thou hast rejected <03988> (8804) the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, and the LORD <03068> hath rejected <03988> (8799) thee from being king <04428> over Israel <03478>.
27 And as Samuel <08050> turned about <05437> (8735) to go away <03212> (8800), he laid hold <02388> (8686) upon the skirt <03671> of his mantle <04598>, and it rent <07167> (8735).
28 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto him, The LORD <03068> hath rent <07167> (8804) the kingdom <04468> of Israel <03478> from thee this day <03117>, and hath given <05414> (8804) it to a neighbour <07453> of thine, that is better <02896> than thou.
29 And also the Strength <05331> of Israel <03478> will not lie <08266> (8762) nor repent <05162> (8735) : for he is not a man <0120>, that he should repent <05162> (8736).
30 Then he said <0559> (8799), I have sinned <02398> (8804): yet honour <03513> (8761) me now, I pray thee, before the elders <02205> of my people <05971>, and before Israel <03478>, and turn again <07725> (8798) with me, that I may worship <07812> (8694) the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>.
31 So Samuel <08050> turned again <07725> (8799) after <0310> Saul <07586>; and Saul <07586> worshipped <07812> (8691) the LORD <03068>.
32 # Then said <0559> (8799) Samuel <08050>, Bring ye hither <05066> (8685) to me Agag <090> the king <04428> of the Amalekites <06002>. And Agag <090> came <03212> (8799) unto him delicately <04574>. And Agag <090> said <0559> (8799), Surely <0403> the bitterness <04751> of death <04194> is past <05493> (8804).
33 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799), As thy sword <02719> hath made women <0802> childless <07921> (8765), so shall thy mother <0517> be childless <07921> (8799) among women <0802>. And Samuel <08050> hewed <08158> <00> Agag <090> in pieces <08158> (8762) before <06440> the LORD <03068> in Gilgal <01537>.
34 Then Samuel <08050> went <03212> (8799) to Ramah <07414>; and Saul <07586> went up <05927> (8804) to his house <01004> to Gibeah <01390> of Saul <07586>.
35 And Samuel <08050> came no more <03254> (8804) to see <07200> (8800) Saul <07586> until the day <03117> of his death <04194>: nevertheless <03588> Samuel <08050> mourned <056> (8694) for Saul <07586>: and the LORD <03068> repented <05162> (8738) that he had made Saul <07586> king <04427> (8689) over Israel <03478>.