1 Samuel 15:13-35 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed are you of the Lord: I have performed all that the Lord said.

LXX2012⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed [are] you of the Lord: I have performed all that the Lord said. ¹⁴ And Samuel said, What then [is] the bleating of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear? ¹⁵ And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalec, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord your God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed. ¹⁶ And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the Lord has said to me this night: and he said to him, Say on. ¹⁷ And Samuel said to Saul, Are you not little in his eyes, [though] a leader of one of the tribes of Israel? and [yet] the Lord anointed you to be king over Israel. ¹⁸ And the Lord sent you on a journey, and said to you, Go, and utterly destroy: you shall kill the sinners against me, [even] the Amalekites; and you shall war against them until you have consumed them. ¹⁹ And why did not you listen to the voice of the Lord, but did haste to fasten upon the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord? ²⁰ And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the people: yet I went the way by which the Lord sent me, and I brought Agag the king of Amalec, and I destroyed Amalec. ²¹ But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds [out] of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Galgal. ²² And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience [is] better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams. ²³ For sin is [as] divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject you from being king over Israel. ²⁴ And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed the word of the Lord and your direction; for I feared the people, and I listened to their voice. ²⁵ And now remove, I pray you, my sin, and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord your God. ²⁶ And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord will reject you from being king over Israel. ²⁷ And Samuel turned his face to depart, and Saul caught hold of the skirt of his garment, and tore it. ²⁸ And Samuel said to him, The Lord has tore your kingdom from Israel out of your hand this day, and will give it to your neighbor who is better than you. ²⁹ And Israel shall be divided to two: and [God] will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent. ³⁰ And Saul said, I have sinned; yet honor me, I pray you, before the elders of Israel, and before my people; and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord your God. ³¹ So Samuel turned back after Saul, and he worshipped the Lord. ³² And Samuel said, Bring me Agag the king of Amalec: and Agag came to him trembling; and Agag said Is death thus bitter? ³³ And Samuel said to Agag, As your sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall your mother be made childless among women: and Samuel killed Agag before the Lord in Galgal. ³⁴ And Samuel departed to Armathaim, and Saul went up to his house at Gabaa. ³⁵ And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.