1 Samuel 15:16-23 Then Samuel said unto Saul , Stay , and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night . And he said unto him, Say on .

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16 H8050 Then Samuel H559 said [H8799] H7586 unto Saul H7503 , Stay [H8685] H5046 , and I will tell [H8686] H3068 thee what the LORD H1696 hath said [H8765] H3915 to me this night H559 . And he said [H8799] H1696 unto him, Say on [H8761] .

17 H8050 And Samuel H559 said [H8799] H6996 , When thou wast little H5869 in thine own sight H7218 , wast thou not made the head H7626 of the tribes H3478 of Israel H3068 , and the LORD H4886 anointed [H8799] H4428 thee king H3478 over Israel?

18 H3068 And the LORD H7971 sent [H8799] H1870 thee on a journey H559 , and said [H8799] H3212 , Go [H8798] H2763 and utterly destroy [H8689] H2400 the sinners H6002 the Amalekites H3898 , and fight [H8738] H3615 against them until they be consumed [H8763] .

19 H8085 Wherefore then didst thou not obey [H8804] H6963 the voice H3068 of the LORD H5860 , but didst fly [H8799] H7998 upon the spoil H6213 , and didst [H8799] H7451 evil H5869 in the sight H3068 of the LORD?

20 H7586 And Saul H559 said [H8799] H8050 unto Samuel H8085 , Yea, I have obeyed [H8804] H6963 the voice H3068 of the LORD H3212 , and have gone [H8799] H1870 the way H3068 which the LORD H7971 sent [H8804] H935 me, and have brought [H8686] H90 Agag H4428 the king H6002 of Amalek H2763 , and have utterly destroyed [H8689] H6002 the Amalekites.

21 H5971 But the people H3947 took [H8799] H7998 of the spoil H6629 , sheep H1241 and oxen H7225 , the chief H2764 of the things which should have been utterly destroyed H2076 , to sacrifice [H8800] H3068 unto the LORD H430 thy God H1537 in Gilgal.

22 H8050 And Samuel H559 said [H8799] H3068 , Hath the LORD H2656 as great delight H5930 in burnt offerings H2077 and sacrifices H8085 , as in obeying [H8800] H6963 the voice H3068 of the LORD H8085 ? Behold, to obey [H8800] H2896 is better H2077 than sacrifice H7181 , and to hearken [H8687] H2459 than the fat H352 of rams.

23 H4805 For rebellion H2403 is as the sin H7081 of witchcraft H6484 , and stubbornness [H8687] H205 is as iniquity H8655 and idolatry H3988 . Because thou hast rejected [H8804] H1697 the word H3068 of the LORD H3988 , he hath also rejected [H8799] H4428 thee from being king.