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[1]SamuelH8050 also saidH559[H8799] unto SaulH7586, The LORDH3068 sentH7971[H8804] me to anointH4886[H8800] thee to be kingH4428 over his peopleH5971, over IsraelH3478: now therefore hearkenH8085[H8798] thou unto the voiceH6963 of the wordsH1697 of the LORDH3068.
[2]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, I rememberH6485[H8804] that which AmalekH6002 didH6213[H8804] to IsraelH3478, how he laidH7760[H8804] wait for him in the wayH1870, when he came upH5927[H8800] from EgyptH4714.
[3]Now goH3212[H8798] and smiteH5221[H8689] AmalekH6002, and utterly destroyH2763[H8689] all that they have, and spareH2550[H8799] them not; but slayH4191[H8689] both manH376 and womanH802, infantH5768 and sucklingH3243[H8802], oxH7794 and sheepH7716, camelH1581 and assH2543.
[4]And SaulH7586 gatheredH8085 the peopleH5971 togetherH8085[H8762], and numberedH6485[H8799] them in TelaimH2923, two hundredH3967 thousandH505 footmenH7273, and tenH6235 thousandH505 menH376 of JudahH3063.
[5]And SaulH7586 cameH935[H8799] to a cityH5892 of AmalekH6002, and laid waitH7378[H8799][H693][H8686] in the valleyH5158.
[6]And SaulH7586 saidH559[H8799] unto the KenitesH7017, GoH3212[H8798], departH5493[H8798], get you downH3381[H8798] from amongH8432 the AmalekitesH6002, lest I destroyH622[H8799] you with them: for ye shewedH6213[H8804] kindnessH2617 to all the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, when they came upH5927[H8800] out of EgyptH4714. So the KenitesH7017 departedH5493[H8799] from amongH8432 the AmalekitesH6003.
[7]And SaulH7586 smoteH5221[H8686] the AmalekitesH6002 from HavilahH2341 until thou comestH935[H8800] to ShurH7793, that is over againstH6440 EgyptH4714.
[8]And he tookH8610[H8799] AgagH90 the kingH4428 of the AmalekitesH6002 aliveH2416, and utterly destroyedH2763[H8689] all the peopleH5971 with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719.
[9]But SaulH7586 and the peopleH5971 sparedH2550[H8799] AgagH90, and the bestH4315 of the sheepH6629, and of the oxenH1241, and of the fatlingsH4932, and the lambsH3733, and all that was goodH2896, and wouldH14[H8804] not utterly destroyH2763[H8687] them: but every thingH4399 that was vileH5240 and refuseH4549[H8738], that they destroyed utterlyH2763.[H8689]
[10]Then came the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 unto SamuelH8050, sayingH559,[H8800]
[11]It repentethH5162[H8738] me that I have set upH4427[H8689] SaulH7586 to be kingH4428: for he is turned backH7725[H8804] from followingH310 me, and hath not performedH6965[H8689] my commandmentsH1697. And it grievedH2734[H8799] SamuelH8050; and he criedH2199[H8799] unto the LORDH3068 all nightH3915.
[12]And when SamuelH8050 rose earlyH7925[H8686] to meetH7125[H8800] SaulH7586 in the morningH1242, it was toldH5046[H8714] SamuelH8050, sayingH559[H8800], SaulH7586 cameH935[H8804] to CarmelH3760, and, behold, he set him upH5324[H8688] a placeH3027, and is gone aboutH5437[H8735], and passed onH5674[H8799], and gone downH3381[H8799] to GilgalH1537.
[13]And SamuelH8050 cameH935[H8799] to SaulH7586: and SaulH7586 saidH559[H8799] unto him, BlessedH1288[H8803] be thou of the LORDH3068: I have performedH6965[H8689] the commandmentH1697 of the LORDH3068.
[14]And SamuelH8050 saidH559[H8799], What meaneth then this bleatingH6963 of the sheepH6629 in mine earsH241, and the lowingH6963 of the oxenH1241 which I hearH8085?[H8802]
[15]And SaulH7586 saidH559[H8799], They have broughtH935[H8689] them from the AmalekitesH6003: for the peopleH5971 sparedH2550[H8804] the bestH4315 of the sheepH6629 and of the oxenH1241, to sacrificeH2076[H8800] unto the LORDH3068 thy GodH430; and the restH3498[H8802] we have utterly destroyedH2763.[H8689]
[16]Then SamuelH8050 saidH559[H8799] unto SaulH7586, StayH7503[H8685], and I will tellH5046[H8686] thee what the LORDH3068 hath saidH1696[H8765] to me this nightH3915. And he saidH559[H8799] unto him, Say onH1696.[H8761]
[17]And SamuelH8050 saidH559[H8799], When thou wast littleH6996 in thine own sightH5869, wast thou not made the headH7218 of the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, and the LORDH3068 anointedH4886[H8799] thee kingH4428 over IsraelH3478?
[18]And the LORDH3068 sentH7971[H8799] thee on a journeyH1870, and saidH559[H8799], GoH3212[H8798] and utterly destroyH2763[H8689] the sinnersH2400 the AmalekitesH6002, and fightH3898[H8738] against them until they be consumedH3615.[H8763]
[19]Wherefore then didst thou not obeyH8085[H8804] the voiceH6963 of the LORDH3068, but didst flyH5860[H8799] upon the spoilH7998, and didstH6213[H8799] evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068?
[20]And SaulH7586 saidH559[H8799] unto SamuelH8050, Yea, I have obeyedH8085[H8804] the voiceH6963 of the LORDH3068, and have goneH3212[H8799] the wayH1870 which the LORDH3068 sentH7971[H8804] me, and have broughtH935[H8686] AgagH90 the kingH4428 of AmalekH6002, and have utterly destroyedH2763[H8689] the AmalekitesH6002.
[21]But the peopleH5971 tookH3947[H8799] of the spoilH7998, sheepH6629 and oxenH1241, the chiefH7225 of the things which should have been utterly destroyedH2764, to sacrificeH2076[H8800] unto the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 in GilgalH1537.
[22]And SamuelH8050 saidH559[H8799], Hath the LORDH3068 as great delightH2656 in burnt offeringsH5930 and sacrificesH2077, as in obeyingH8085[H8800] the voiceH6963 of the LORDH3068? Behold, to obeyH8085[H8800] is betterH2896 than sacrificeH2077, and to hearkenH7181[H8687] than the fatH2459 of ramsH352.
[23]For rebellionH4805 is as the sinH2403 of witchcraftH7081, and stubbornnessH6484[H8687] is as iniquityH205 and idolatryH8655. Because thou hast rejectedH3988[H8804] the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, he hath also rejectedH3988[H8799] thee from being kingH4428.
[24]And SaulH7586 saidH559[H8799] unto SamuelH8050, I have sinnedH2398[H8804]: for I have transgressedH5674[H8804] the commandmentH6310 of the LORDH3068, and thy wordsH1697: because I fearedH3372[H8804] the peopleH5971, and obeyedH8085[H8799] their voiceH6963.
[25]Now therefore, I pray thee, pardonH5375[H8798] my sinH2403, and turn againH7725[H8798] with me, that I may worshipH7812[H8691] the LORDH3068.
[26]And SamuelH8050 saidH559[H8799] unto SaulH7586, I will not returnH7725[H8799] with thee: for thou hast rejectedH3988[H8804] the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, and the LORDH3068 hath rejectedH3988[H8799] thee from being kingH4428 over IsraelH3478.
[27]And as SamuelH8050 turned aboutH5437[H8735] to go awayH3212[H8800], he laid holdH2388[H8686] upon the skirtH3671 of his mantleH4598, and it rentH7167.[H8735]
[28]And SamuelH8050 saidH559[H8799] unto him, The LORDH3068 hath rentH7167[H8804] the kingdomH4468 of IsraelH3478 from thee this dayH3117, and hath givenH5414[H8804] it to a neighbourH7453 of thine, that is better than thouH2896.
[29]And also the StrengthH5331 of IsraelH3478 will not lieH8266[H8762] nor repentH5162[H8735]: for he is not a manH120, that he should repentH5162.[H8736]
[30]Then he saidH559[H8799], I have sinnedH2398[H8804]: yet honourH3513[H8761] me now, I pray thee, before the eldersH2205 of my peopleH5971, and before IsraelH3478, and turn againH7725[H8798] with me, that I may worshipH7812[H8694] the LORDH3068 thy GodH430.
[31]So SamuelH8050 turned againH7725[H8799] afterH310 SaulH7586; and SaulH7586 worshippedH7812[H8691] the LORDH3068.
[32]Then saidH559[H8799] SamuelH8050, Bring ye hitherH5066[H8685] to me AgagH90 the kingH4428 of the AmalekitesH6002. And AgagH90 cameH3212[H8799] unto him delicatelyH4574. And AgagH90 saidH559[H8799], SurelyH403 the bitternessH4751 of deathH4194 is pastH5493.[H8804]
[33]And SamuelH8050 saidH559[H8799], As thy swordH2719 hath made womenH802 childlessH7921[H8765], so shall thy motherH517 be childlessH7921[H8799] among womenH802. And SamuelH8050 hewedH8158 AgagH90 in piecesH8158[H8762] beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 in GilgalH1537.
[34]Then SamuelH8050 wentH3212[H8799] to RamahH7414; and SaulH7586 went upH5927[H8804] to his houseH1004 to GibeahH1390 of SaulH7586.
[35]And SamuelH8050 came no moreH3254[H8804] to seeH7200[H8800] SaulH7586 until the dayH3117 of his deathH4194: neverthelessH3588 SamuelH8050 mournedH56[H8694] for SaulH7586: and the LORDH3068 repentedH5162[H8738] that he had made SaulH7586 kingH4427[H8689] over IsraelH3478.
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