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1Samuel 15
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War against the Amalekites

15Samuel said to Saul, "I am the one whom the LORD sent to anoint you king of his people Israel. Now listen to what the LORD Almighty says.H8050H559H7586H3068H7971H4886H4428H5971H3478H8085H6963H1697H3068
2He is going to punish the people of Amalek because their ancestors opposed the Israelites when they were coming from Egypt.H559H3068H6635H6485H6002H6213H3478H7760H1870H5927H4714
3Go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Don't leave a thing; kill all the men, women, children, and babies; the cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys."H3212H5221H6002H2763H2550H4191H376H802H5768H3243H7794H7716H1581H2543
4Saul called his forces together and inspected them at Telem: there were 200,000 soldiers from Israel and 10,000 from Judah.H7586H8085H5971H8085H6485H2923H3967H505H7273H6235H505H376H3063
5Then he and his men went to the city of Amalek and waited in ambush in a dry riverbed.H7586H935H5892H6002H7378H693H5158
6He sent a warning to the Kenites, a people whose ancestors had been kind to the Israelites when they came from Egypt: "Go away and leave the Amalekites, so that I won't kill you along with them." So the Kenites left.H7586H559H7017H3212H5493H3381H8432H6002H622H6213H2617H1121H3478H5927H4714H7017H5493H8432H6003
7Saul defeated the Amalekites, fighting all the way from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt;H7586H5221H6002H2341H935H7793H6440H4714
8he captured King Agag of Amalek alive and killed all the people.H8610H90H4428H6002H2416H2763H5971H6310H2719
9But Saul and his men spared Agag's life and did not kill the best sheep and cattle, the best calves and lambs, or anything else that was good; they destroyed only what was useless or worthless.H7586H5971H2550H90H4315H6629H1241H4932H3733H2896H14H2763H4399H5240H4549H2763

Saul Is Rejected as King

10The LORD said to Samuel,H1697H3068H8050H559
11"I am sorry that I made Saul king; he has turned away from me and disobeyed my commands." Samuel was angry, and all night long he pleaded with the LORD.H5162H4427H7586H4428H7725H310H6965H1697H2734H8050H2199H3068H3915
12Early the following morning he went off to find Saul. He heard that Saul had gone to the town of Carmel, where he had built a monument to himself, and then had gone on to Gilgal.H8050H7925H7125H7586H1242H5046H8050H559H7586H935H3760H5324H3027H5437H5674H3381H1537
13Samuel went up to Saul, who greeted him, saying, "The LORD bless you, Samuel! I have obeyed the LORD's command."H8050H935H7586H7586H559H1288H3068H6965H1697H3068
14Samuel asked, "Why, then, do I hear cattle mooing and sheep bleating?"H8050H559H6963H6629H241H6963H1241H8085
15Saul answered, "My men took them from the Amalekites. They kept the best sheep and cattle to offer as a sacrifice to the LORD your God, and the rest we have destroyed completely."H7586H559H935H6003H5971H2550H4315H6629H1241H2076H3068H430H3498H2763
16"Stop," Samuel ordered, "and I will tell you what the LORD said to me last night." "Tell me," Saul said.H8050H559H7586H7503H5046H3068H1696H3915H559H1696
17Samuel answered, "Even though you consider yourself of no importance, you are the leader of the tribes of Israel. The LORD anointed you king of Israel,H8050H559H6996H5869H7218H7626H3478H3068H4886H4428H3478
18and he sent you out with orders to destroy those wicked people of Amalek. He told you to fight until you had killed them all.H3068H7971H1870H559H3212H2763H2400H6002H3898H3615
19Why, then, did you not obey him? Why did you rush to grab the loot, and so do what displeases the LORD?"H8085H6963H3068H5860H7998H6213H7451H5869H3068
20"I did obey the LORD," Saul replied. "I went out as he told me to, brought back King Agag, and killed all the Amalekites.H7586H559H8050H8085H6963H3068H3212H1870H3068H7971H935H90H4428H6002H2763H6002
21But my men did not kill the best sheep and cattle that they captured; instead, they brought them here to Gilgal to offer as a sacrifice to the LORD your God."H5971H3947H7998H6629H1241H7225H2764H2076H3068H430H1537
22Samuel said, "Which does the LORD prefer: obedience or offerings and sacrifices? It is better to obey him than to sacrifice the best sheep to him.H8050H559H3068H2656H5930H2077H8085H6963H3068H8085H2896H2077H7181H2459H352
23Rebellion against him is as bad as witchcraft, and arrogance is as sinful as idolatry. Because you rejected the LORD's command, he has rejected you as king."H4805H2403H7081H6484H205H8655H3988H1697H3068H3988H4428
24"Yes, I have sinned," Saul replied. "I disobeyed the LORD's command and your instructions. I was afraid of my men and did what they wanted.H7586H559H8050H2398H5674H6310H3068H1697H3372H5971H8085H6963
25But now I beg you, forgive my sin and go back with me, so that I can worship the LORD."H5375H2403H7725H7812H3068
26"I will not go back with you," Samuel answered. "You rejected the LORD's command, and he has rejected you as king of Israel."H8050H559H7586H7725H3988H1697H3068H3068H3988H4428H3478
27Then Samuel turned to leave, but Saul caught hold of his cloak, and it tore.H8050H5437H3212H2388H3671H4598H7167
28Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today and given it to someone who is a better man than you.H8050H559H3068H7167H4468H3478H3117H5414H7453H2896
29Israel's majestic God does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being - he does not change his mind."H5331H3478H8266H5162H120H5162
30"I have sinned," Saul replied. "But at least show me respect in front of the leaders of my people and all of Israel. Go back with me so that I can worship the LORD your God."H559H2398H3513H2205H5971H3478H7725H7812H3068H430
31So Samuel went back with him, and Saul worshiped the LORD.H8050H7725H310H7586H7586H7812H3068
32"Bring King Agag here to me," Samuel ordered. Agag came to him, trembling with fear, thinking to himself, "What a bitter thing it is to die!"H559H8050H5066H90H4428H6002H90H3212H4574H90H559H403H4751H4194H5493
33Samuel said, "As your sword has made many mothers childless, so now your mother will become childless." And he cut Agag to pieces in front of the altar in Gilgal.H8050H559H2719H802H7921H517H7921H802H8050H8158H90H8158H6440H3068H1537
34Then Samuel went to Ramah, and King Saul went home to Gibeah.H8050H3212H7414H7586H5927H1004H1390H7586
35As long as Samuel lived, he never again saw the king; but he grieved over him. The LORD was sorry that he had made Saul king of Israel.H8050H3254H7200H7586H3117H4194H3588H8050H56H7586H3068H5162H7586H4427H3478


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