15:1 Samuel 8050 also said 559 8799 unto Saul 7586, The LORD 3068 sent 7971 8804 me to anoint 4886 8800 thee [to be] king 4428 over his people 5971, over Israel 3478: now therefore hearken 8085 8798 thou unto the voice 6963 of the words 1697 of the LORD 3068.

15:2 Thus saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, I remember 6485 8804 [that] which Amalek 6002 did 6213 8804 to Israel 3478, how he laid 7760 8804 [wait] for him in the way 1870, when he came up 5927 8800 from Egypt 4714.

15:3 Now go 3212 8798 and smite 5221 8689 Amalek 6002, and utterly destroy 2763 8689 all that they have, and spare 2550 8799 them not; but slay 4191 8689 both man 376 and woman 802, infant 5768 and suckling 3243 8802, ox 7794 and sheep 7716, camel 1581 and ass 2543.

15:4 And Saul 7586 gathered 8085 0 the people 5971 together 8085 8762, and numbered 6485 8799 them in Telaim 2923, two hundred 3967 thousand 505 footmen 7273, and ten 6235 thousand 505 men 376 of Judah 3063.

15:5 And Saul 7586 came 935 8799 to a city 5892 of Amalek 6002, and laid wait 7378 8799 693 8686 in the valley 5158.(laid…: or, fought)

15:6 And Saul 7586 said 559 8799 unto the Kenites 7017, Go 3212 8798, depart 5493 8798, get you down 3381 8798 from among 8432 the Amalekites 6002, lest I destroy 622 8799 you with them: for ye shewed 6213 8804 kindness 2617 to all the children 1121 of Israel 3478, when they came up 5927 8800 out of Egypt 4714. So the Kenites 7017 departed 5493 8799 from among 8432 the Amalekites 6003.

15:7 And Saul 7586 smote 5221 8686 the Amalekites 6002 from Havilah 2341 [until] thou comest 935 8800 to Shur 7793, that [is] over against 6440 Egypt 4714.

15:8 And he took 8610 8799 Agag 90 the king 4428 of the Amalekites 6002 alive 2416, and utterly destroyed 2763 8689 all the people 5971 with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719.

15:9 But Saul 7586 and the people 5971 spared 2550 8799 Agag 90, and the best 4315 of the sheep 6629, and of the oxen 1241, and of the fatlings 4932, and the lambs 3733, and all [that was] good 2896, and would 14 8804 not utterly destroy 2763 8687 them: but every thing 4399 [that was] vile 5240 and refuse 4549 8738, that they destroyed utterly 2763 8689.(fatlings: or, second sort)

15:10 Then came the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 unto Samuel 8050, saying 559 8800,

15:11 It repenteth 5162 8738 me that I have set up 4427 8689 Saul 7586 [to be] king 4428: for he is turned back 7725 8804 from following 310 me, and hath not performed 6965 8689 my commandments 1697. And it grieved 2734 8799 Samuel 8050; and he cried 2199 8799 unto the LORD 3068 all night 3915.

15:12 And when Samuel 8050 rose early 7925 8686 to meet 7125 8800 Saul 7586 in the morning 1242, it was told 5046 8714 Samuel 8050, saying 559 8800, Saul 7586 came 935 8804 to Carmel 3760, and, behold, he set him up 5324 8688 a place 3027, and is gone about 5437 8735, and passed on 5674 8799, and gone down 3381 8799 to Gilgal 1537.

15:13 And Samuel 8050 came 935 8799 to Saul 7586: and Saul 7586 said 559 8799 unto him, Blessed 1288 8803 [be] thou of the LORD 3068: I have performed 6965 8689 the commandment 1697 of the LORD 3068.

15:14 And Samuel 8050 said 559 8799, What [meaneth] then this bleating 6963 of the sheep 6629 in mine ears 241, and the lowing 6963 of the oxen 1241 which I hear 8085 8802?

15:15 And Saul 7586 said 559 8799, They have brought 935 8689 them from the Amalekites 6003: for the people 5971 spared 2550 8804 the best 4315 of the sheep 6629 and of the oxen 1241, to sacrifice 2076 8800 unto the LORD 3068 thy God 430; and the rest 3498 8802 we have utterly destroyed 2763 8689.

15:16 Then Samuel 8050 said 559 8799 unto Saul 7586, Stay 7503 8685, and I will tell 5046 8686 thee what the LORD 3068 hath said 1696 8765 to me this night 3915. And he said 559 8799 unto him, Say on 1696 8761.

15:17 And Samuel 8050 said 559 8799, When thou [wast] little 6996 in thine own sight 5869, [wast] thou not [made] the head 7218 of the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478, and the LORD 3068 anointed 4886 8799 thee king 4428 over Israel 3478?

15:18 And the LORD 3068 sent 7971 8799 thee on a journey 1870, and said 559 8799, Go 3212 8798 and utterly destroy 2763 8689 the sinners 2400 the Amalekites 6002, and fight 3898 8738 against them until they be consumed 3615 8763.(they…: Heb. they consume them)

15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey 8085 8804 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068, but didst fly 5860 8799 upon the spoil 7998, and didst 6213 8799 evil 7451 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068?

15:20 And Saul 7586 said 559 8799 unto Samuel 8050, Yea, I have obeyed 8085 8804 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068, and have gone 3212 8799 the way 1870 which the LORD 3068 sent 7971 8804 me, and have brought 935 8686 Agag 90 the king 4428 of Amalek 6002, and have utterly destroyed 2763 8689 the Amalekites 6002.

15:21 But the people 5971 took 3947 8799 of the spoil 7998, sheep 6629 and oxen 1241, the chief 7225 of the things which should have been utterly destroyed 2764, to sacrifice 2076 8800 unto the LORD 3068 thy God 430 in Gilgal 1537.

15:22 And Samuel 8050 said 559 8799, Hath the LORD 3068 [as great] delight 2656 in burnt offerings 5930 and sacrifices 2077, as in obeying 8085 8800 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068? Behold, to obey 8085 8800 [is] better 2896 than sacrifice 2077, [and] to hearken 7181 8687 than the fat 2459 of rams 352.

15:23 For rebellion 4805 [is as] the sin 2403 of witchcraft 7081, and stubbornness 6484 8687 [is as] iniquity 205 and idolatry 8655. Because thou hast rejected 3988 8804 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, he hath also rejected 3988 8799 thee from [being] king 4428.(witchcraft: Heb. divination)

15:24 And Saul 7586 said 559 8799 unto Samuel 8050, I have sinned 2398 8804: for I have transgressed 5674 8804 the commandment 6310 of the LORD 3068, and thy words 1697: because I feared 3372 8804 the people 5971, and obeyed 8085 8799 their voice 6963.

15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon 5375 8798 my sin 2403, and turn again 7725 8798 with me, that I may worship 7812 8691 the LORD 3068.

15:26 And Samuel 8050 said 559 8799 unto Saul 7586, I will not return 7725 8799 with thee: for thou hast rejected 3988 8804 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, and the LORD 3068 hath rejected 3988 8799 thee from being king 4428 over Israel 3478.

15:27 And as Samuel 8050 turned about 5437 8735 to go away 3212 8800, he laid hold 2388 8686 upon the skirt 3671 of his mantle 4598, and it rent 7167 8735.

15:28 And Samuel 8050 said 559 8799 unto him, The LORD 3068 hath rent 7167 8804 the kingdom 4468 of Israel 3478 from thee this day 3117, and hath given 5414 8804 it to a neighbour 7453 of thine, [that is] better 2896 than thou.

15:29 And also the Strength 5331 of Israel 3478 will not lie 8266 8762 nor repent 5162 8735: for he [is] not a man 120, that he should repent 5162 8736.(Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory)

15:30 Then he said 559 8799, I have sinned 2398 8804: [yet] honour 3513 8761 me now, I pray thee, before the elders 2205 of my people 5971, and before Israel 3478, and turn again 7725 8798 with me, that I may worship 7812 8694 the LORD 3068 thy God 430.

15:31 So Samuel 8050 turned again 7725 8799 after 310 Saul 7586; and Saul 7586 worshipped 7812 8691 the LORD 3068.

15:32 Then said 559 8799 Samuel 8050, Bring ye hither 5066 8685 to me Agag 90 the king 4428 of the Amalekites 6002. And Agag 90 came 3212 8799 unto him delicately 4574. And Agag 90 said 559 8799, Surely 403 the bitterness 4751 of death 4194 is past 5493 8804.

15:33 And Samuel 8050 said 559 8799, As thy sword 2719 hath made women 802 childless 7921 8765, so shall thy mother 517 be childless 7921 8799 among women 802. And Samuel 8050 hewed 8158 0 Agag 90 in pieces 8158 8762 before 6440 the LORD 3068 in Gilgal 1537.

15:34 Then Samuel 8050 went 3212 8799 to Ramah 7414; and Saul 7586 went up 5927 8804 to his house 1004 to Gibeah 1390 of Saul 7586.

15:35 And Samuel 8050 came no more 3254 8804 to see 7200 8800 Saul 7586 until the day 3117 of his death 4194: nevertheless 3588 Samuel 8050 mourned 56 8694 for Saul 7586: and the LORD 3068 repented 5162 8738 that he had made Saul 7586 king 4427 8689 over Israel 3478.

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