1 Samuel 15 Samuel also said unto Saul , The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people , over Israel : now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

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1 H8050 Samuel H559 also said [H8799] H7586 unto Saul H3068 , The LORD H7971 sent [H8804] H4886 me to anoint [H8800] H4428 thee to be king H5971 over his people H3478 , over Israel H8085 : now therefore hearken [H8798] H6963 thou unto the voice H1697 of the words H3068 of the LORD.

2 H559 Thus saith [H8804] H3068 the LORD H6635 of hosts H6485 , I remember [H8804] H6002 that which Amalek H6213 did [H8804] H3478 to Israel H7760 , how he laid [H8804] H1870 wait for him in the way H5927 , when he came up [H8800] H4714 from Egypt.

3 H3212 Now go [H8798] H5221 and smite [H8689] H6002 Amalek H2763 , and utterly destroy [H8689] H2550 all that they have, and spare [H8799] H4191 them not; but slay [H8689] H376 both man H802 and woman H5768 , infant H3243 and suckling [H8802] H7794 , ox H7716 and sheep H1581 , camel H2543 and ass.

4 H7586 And Saul H8085 gathered H5971 the people H8085 together [H8762] H6485 , and numbered [H8799] H2923 them in Telaim H3967 , two hundred H505 thousand H7273 footmen H6235 , and ten H505 thousand H376 men H3063 of Judah.

5 H7586 And Saul H935 came [H8799] H5892 to a city H6002 of Amalek H7378 , and laid wait [H8799] H693 [H8686] H5158 in the valley.

6 H7586 And Saul H559 said [H8799] H7017 unto the Kenites H3212 , Go [H8798] H5493 , depart [H8798] H3381 , get you down [H8798] H8432 from among H6002 the Amalekites H622 , lest I destroy [H8799] H6213 you with them: for ye shewed [H8804] H2617 kindness H1121 to all the children H3478 of Israel H5927 , when they came up [H8800] H4714 out of Egypt H7017 . So the Kenites H5493 departed [H8799] H8432 from among H6003 the Amalekites.

7 H7586 And Saul H5221 smote [H8686] H6002 the Amalekites H2341 from Havilah H935 until thou comest [H8800] H7793 to Shur H6440 , that is over against H4714 Egypt.

8 H8610 And he took [H8799] H90 Agag H4428 the king H6002 of the Amalekites H2416 alive H2763 , and utterly destroyed [H8689] H5971 all the people H6310 with the edge H2719 of the sword.

9 H7586 But Saul H5971 and the people H2550 spared [H8799] H90 Agag H4315 , and the best H6629 of the sheep H1241 , and of the oxen H4932 , and of the fatlings H3733 , and the lambs H2896 , and all that was good H14 , and would [H8804] H2763 not utterly destroy [H8687] H4399 them: but every thing H5240 that was vile H4549 and refuse [H8738] H2763 , that they destroyed utterly [H8689] .

10 H1697 Then came the word H3068 of the LORD H8050 unto Samuel H559 , saying [H8800] ,

11 H5162 It repenteth [H8738] H4427 me that I have set up [H8689] H7586 Saul H4428 to be king H7725 : for he is turned back [H8804] H310 from following H6965 me, and hath not performed [H8689] H1697 my commandments H2734 . And it grieved [H8799] H8050 Samuel H2199 ; and he cried [H8799] H3068 unto the LORD H3915 all night.

12 H8050 And when Samuel H7925 rose early [H8686] H7125 to meet [H8800] H7586 Saul H1242 in the morning H5046 , it was told [H8714] H8050 Samuel H559 , saying [H8800] H7586 , Saul H935 came [H8804] H3760 to Carmel H5324 , and, behold, he set him up [H8688] H3027 a place H5437 , and is gone about [H8735] H5674 , and passed on [H8799] H3381 , and gone down [H8799] H1537 to Gilgal.

13 H8050 And Samuel H935 came [H8799] H7586 to Saul H7586 : and Saul H559 said [H8799] H1288 unto him, Blessed [H8803] H3068 be thou of the LORD H6965 : I have performed [H8689] H1697 the commandment H3068 of the LORD.

14 H8050 And Samuel H559 said [H8799] H6963 , What meaneth then this bleating H6629 of the sheep H241 in mine ears H6963 , and the lowing H1241 of the oxen H8085 which I hear [H8802] ?

15 H7586 And Saul H559 said [H8799] H935 , They have brought [H8689] H6003 them from the Amalekites H5971 : for the people H2550 spared [H8804] H4315 the best H6629 of the sheep H1241 and of the oxen H2076 , to sacrifice [H8800] H3068 unto the LORD H430 thy God H3498 ; and the rest [H8802] H2763 we have utterly destroyed [H8689] .

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.

24 H7586 And Saul H559 said [H8799] H8050 unto Samuel H2398 , I have sinned [H8804] H5674 : for I have transgressed [H8804] H6310 the commandment H3068 of the LORD H1697 , and thy words H3372 : because I feared [H8804] H5971 the people H8085 , and obeyed [H8799] H6963 their voice.

25 H5375 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon [H8798] H2403 my sin H7725 , and turn again [H8798] H7812 with me, that I may worship [H8691] H3068 the LORD.

26 H8050 And Samuel H559 said [H8799] H7586 unto Saul H7725 , I will not return [H8799] H3988 with thee: for thou hast rejected [H8804] H1697 the word H3068 of the LORD H3068 , and the LORD H3988 hath rejected [H8799] H4428 thee from being king H3478 over Israel.

27 H8050 And as Samuel H5437 turned about [H8735] H3212 to go away [H8800] H2388 , he laid hold [H8686] H3671 upon the skirt H4598 of his mantle H7167 , and it rent [H8735] .

28 H8050 And Samuel H559 said [H8799] H3068 unto him, The LORD H7167 hath rent [H8804] H4468 the kingdom H3478 of Israel H3117 from thee this day H5414 , and hath given [H8804] H7453 it to a neighbour H2896 of thine, that is better than thou.

29 H5331 And also the Strength H3478 of Israel H8266 will not lie [H8762] H5162 nor repent [H8735] H120 : for he is not a man H5162 , that he should repent [H8736] .

30 H559 Then he said [H8799] H2398 , I have sinned [H8804] H3513 : yet honour [H8761] H2205 me now, I pray thee, before the elders H5971 of my people H3478 , and before Israel H7725 , and turn again [H8798] H7812 with me, that I may worship [H8694] H3068 the LORD H430 thy God.

31 H8050 So Samuel H7725 turned again [H8799] H310 after H7586 Saul H7586 ; and Saul H7812 worshipped [H8691] H3068 the LORD.

32 H559 Then said [H8799] H8050 Samuel H5066 , Bring ye hither [H8685] H90 to me Agag H4428 the king H6002 of the Amalekites H90 . And Agag H3212 came [H8799] H4574 unto him delicately H90 . And Agag H559 said [H8799] H403 , Surely H4751 the bitterness H4194 of death H5493 is past [H8804] .

33 H8050 And Samuel H559 said [H8799] H2719 , As thy sword H802 hath made women H7921 childless [H8765] H517 , so shall thy mother H7921 be childless [H8799] H802 among women H8050 . And Samuel H8158 hewed H90 Agag H8158 in pieces [H8762] H6440 before H3068 the LORD H1537 in Gilgal.

34 H8050 Then Samuel H3212 went [H8799] H7414 to Ramah H7586 ; and Saul H5927 went up [H8804] H1004 to his house H1390 to Gibeah H7586 of Saul.

35 H8050 And Samuel H3254 came no more [H8804] H7200 to see [H8800] H7586 Saul H3117 until the day H4194 of his death H3588 : nevertheless H8050 Samuel H56 mourned [H8694] H7586 for Saul H3068 : and the LORD H5162 repented [H8738] H7586 that he had made Saul H4427 king [H8689] H3478 over Israel.