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1Samuel 15
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Saul Rejected as King

15Samuel told Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the LORD.H8050H559H7586H3068H7971H4886H4428H5971H3478H8085H6963H1697H3068
2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them along the way as they were coming out of Egypt.H559H3068H6635H6485H6002H6213H3478H7760H1870H5927H4714
3Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'"H3212H5221H6002H2763H2550H4191H376H802H5768H3243H7794H7716H1581H2543
4Then Saul summoned the troops and counted them at Telaim: 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men from Judah.H7586H8085H5971H8085H6485H2923H3967H505H7273H6235H505H376H3063
5Saul came to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi.H7586H935H5892H6002H7378H693H5158
6He warned the Kenites, "Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, go on and leave! Get away from the Amalekites, or I'll sweep you away with them." So the Kenites withdrew from the Amalekites.H7586H559H7017H3212H5493H3381H8432H6002H622H6213H2617H1121H3478H5927H4714H7017H5493H8432H6003
7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is next to Egypt.H7586H5221H6002H2341H935H7793H6440H4714
8He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but he completely destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword.H8610H90H4428H6002H2416H2763H5971H6310H2719
9Saul and the troops spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, cattle, and fatlings, as well as the young rams and the best of everything else. They were not willing to destroy them, but they did destroy all the worthless and unwanted things.H7586H5971H2550H90H4315H6629H1241H4932H3733H2896H14H2763H4399H5240H4549H2763
10Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel:H1697H3068H8050H559
11"I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions." So Samuel became angry and cried out to the LORD [all] night.H5162H4427H7586H4428H7725H310H6965H1697H2734H8050H2199H3068H3915
12Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but it was reported to Samuel, "Saul went to Carmel where he set up a monument for himself. Then he turned around and went down to Gilgal."H8050H7925H7125H7586H1242H5046H8050H559H7586H935H3760H5324H3027H5437H5674H3381H1537
13When Samuel came to him, Saul said, "May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD's instructions."H8050H935H7586H7586H559H1288H3068H6965H1697H3068
14Samuel replied, "Then what is this sound of sheep and cattle I hear?"H8050H559H6963H6629H241H6963H1241H8085
15Saul answered, "The troops brought them from the Amalekites and spared the best sheep and cattle in order to offer a sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we destroyed."H7586H559H935H6003H5971H2550H4315H6629H1241H2076H3068H430H3498H2763
16"Stop!" exclaimed Samuel. "Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." "Tell me," he replied.H8050H559H7586H7503H5046H3068H1696H3915H559H1696
17Samuel continued, "Although you once considered yourself unimportant, have you not become the leader of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over IsraelH8050H559H6996H5869H7218H7626H3478H3068H4886H4428H3478
18and then sent you on a mission and said: 'Go and completely destroy the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have annihilated them.'H3068H7971H1870H559H3212H2763H2400H6002H3898H3615
19So why didn't you obey the LORD? Why did you rush on the plunder and do what was evil in the LORD's sight?"H8085H6963H3068H5860H7998H6213H7451H5869H3068
20"But I did obey the LORD!" Saul answered. "I went on the mission the LORD gave me: I brought back Agag, king of Amalek, and I completely destroyed the Amalekites.H7586H559H8050H8085H6963H3068H3212H1870H3068H7971H935H90H4428H6002H2763H6002
21The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder— the best of what was set apart for destruction— to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal."H5971H3947H7998H6629H1241H7225H2764H2076H3068H430H1537
22Then Samuel said: Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the LORD? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention [is better] than the fat of rams.H8050H559H3068H2656H5930H2077H8085H6963H3068H8085H2896H2077H7181H2459H352
23For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.H4805H2403H7081H6484H205H8655H3988H1697H3068H3988H4428
24Saul answered Samuel, "I have sinned. I have transgressed the LORD's command and your words. Because I was afraid of the people, I obeyed them.H7586H559H8050H2398H5674H6310H3068H1697H3372H5971H8085H6963
25Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD."H5375H2403H7725H7812H3068
26Samuel replied to Saul, "I will not return with you. Because you rejected the word of the LORD, the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel."H8050H559H7586H7725H3988H1697H3068H3068H3988H4428H3478
27When Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.H8050H5437H3212H2388H3671H4598H7167
28Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingship of Israel away from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.H8050H559H3068H7167H4468H3478H3117H5414H7453H2896
29Furthermore, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not man who changes his mind."H5331H3478H8266H5162H120H5162
30Saul said, "I have sinned. Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me so I can bow and worship the LORD your God."H559H2398H3513H2205H5971H3478H7725H7812H3068H430
31Then Samuel went back, following Saul, and Saul bowed down to the LORD.H8050H7725H310H7586H7586H7812H3068
32Samuel said, "Bring me Agag king of Amalek." Agag came to him trembling, for he thought, "Certainly the bitterness of death has come."H559H8050H5066H90H4428H6002H90H3212H4574H90H559H403H4751H4194H5493
33Samuel declared: As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women. Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.H8050H559H2719H802H7921H517H7921H802H8050H8158H90H8158H6440H3068H1537
34Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.H8050H3212H7414H7586H5927H1004H1390H7586
35Even to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted He had made Saul king over Israel.H8050H3254H7200H7586H3117H4194H3588H8050H56H7586H3068H5162H7586H4427H3478


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