1 Samuel 8050 also said 559 unto Saul 7586, The LORD 3068 sent 7971 me to anoint 4886 thee to be king 4428 over his people 5971, over Israel 3478: now therefore hearken 8085 thou unto the voice 6963 of the words 1697 of the LORD 3068.
2 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, I remember 6485 that which Amalek 6002 did 6213 to Israel 3478, how he laid 7760 wait for him in the way 1870, when he came up 5927 from Egypt 4714.
3 Now go 3212 and smite 5221 Amalek 6002, and utterly destroy 2763 all that they have, and spare 2550 them not; but slay 4191 both man 376 and woman 802, infant 5768 and suckling 3243, ox 7794 and sheep 7716, camel 1581 and ass 2543.
4 And Saul 7586 gathered 8085 0 the people 5971 together 8085, and numbered 6485 them in Telaim 2923, two hundred 3967 thousand 505 footmen 7273, and ten 6235 thousand 505 men 376 of Judah 3063.
5 And Saul 7586 came 935 to a city 5892 of Amalek 6002, and laid wait 7378 693 in the valley 5158.
6 And Saul 7586 said 559 unto the Kenites 7017, Go 3212, depart 5493, get you down 3381 from among 8432 the Amalekites 6002, lest I destroy 622 you with them: for ye shewed 6213 kindness 2617 to all the children 1121 of Israel 3478, when they came up 5927 out of Egypt 4714. So the Kenites 7017 departed 5493 from among 8432 the Amalekites 6003.
7 And Saul 7586 smote 5221 the Amalekites 6002 from Havilah 2341 until thou comest 935 to Shur 7793, that is over against 6440 Egypt 4714.
8 And he took 8610 Agag 90 the king 4428 of the Amalekites 6002 alive 2416, and utterly destroyed 2763 all the people 5971 with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719.
9 But Saul 7586 and the people 5971 spared 2550 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 not utterly destroy 2763 them: but every thing 4399 that was vile 5240 and refuse 4549, that they destroyed utterly 2763.
10 Then came the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 unto Samuel 8050, saying 559,
11 It repenteth 5162 me that I have set up 4427 Saul 7586 to be king 4428: for he is turned back 7725 from following 310 me, and hath not performed 6965 my commandments 1697. And it grieved 2734 Samuel 8050; and he cried 2199 unto the LORD 3068 all night 3915.
12 And when Samuel 8050 rose early 7925 to meet 7125 Saul 7586 in the morning 1242, it was told 5046 Samuel 8050, saying 559, Saul 7586 came 935 to Carmel 3760, and, behold, he set him up 5324 a place 3027, and is gone about 5437, and passed on 5674, and gone down 3381 to Gilgal 1537.
13 And Samuel 8050 came 935 to Saul 7586: and Saul 7586 said 559 unto him, Blessed 1288 be thou of the LORD 3068: I have performed 6965 the commandment 1697 of the LORD 3068.
14 And Samuel 8050 said 559, 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?
15 And Saul 7586 said 559, They have brought 935 them from the Amalekites 6003: for the people 5971 spared 2550 the best 4315 of the sheep 6629 and of the oxen 1241, to sacrifice 2076 unto the LORD 3068 thy God 430; and the rest 3498 we have utterly destroyed 2763.
16 Then Samuel 8050 said 559 unto Saul 7586, Stay 7503, and I will tell 5046 thee what the LORD 3068 hath said 1696 to me this night 3915. And he said 559 unto him, Say on 1696.
17 And Samuel 8050 said 559, 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 thee king 4428 over Israel 3478?
18 And the LORD 3068 sent 7971 thee on a journey 1870, and said 559, Go 3212 and utterly destroy 2763 the sinners 2400 the Amalekites 6002, and fight 3898 against them until they be consumed 3615.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068, but didst fly 5860 upon the spoil 7998, and didst 6213 evil 7451 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068?
20 And Saul 7586 said 559 unto Samuel 8050, Yea, I have obeyed 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068, and have gone 3212 the way 1870 which the LORD 3068 sent 7971 me, and have brought 935 Agag 90 the king 4428 of Amalek 6002, and have utterly destroyed 2763 the Amalekites 6002.
21 But the people 5971 took 3947 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 unto the LORD 3068 thy God 430 in Gilgal 1537.
22 And Samuel 8050 said 559, Hath the LORD 3068 as great delight 2656 in burnt offerings 5930 and sacrifices 2077, as in obeying 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068? Behold, to obey 8085 is better 2896 than sacrifice 2077, and to hearken 7181 than the fat 2459 of rams 352.
23 For rebellion 4805 is as the sin 2403 of witchcraft 7081, and stubbornness 6484 is as iniquity 205 and idolatry 8655. Because thou hast rejected 3988 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, he hath also rejected 3988 thee from being king 4428.
24 And Saul 7586 said 559 unto Samuel 8050, I have sinned 2398: for I have transgressed 5674 the commandment 6310 of the LORD 3068, and thy words 1697: because I feared 3372 the people 5971, and obeyed 8085 their voice 6963.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon 5375 my sin 2403, and turn again 7725 with me, that I may worship 7812 the LORD 3068.
26 And Samuel 8050 said 559 unto Saul 7586, I will not return 7725 with thee: for thou hast rejected 3988 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, and the LORD 3068 hath rejected 3988 thee from being king 4428 over Israel 3478.
27 And as Samuel 8050 turned about 5437 to go away 3212, he laid hold 2388 upon the skirt 3671 of his mantle 4598, and it rent 7167.
28 And Samuel 8050 said 559 unto him, The LORD 3068 hath rent 7167 the kingdom 4468 of Israel 3478 from thee this day 3117, and hath given 5414 it to a neighbour 7453 of thine, that is better 2896 than thou.
29 And also the Strength 5331 of Israel 3478 will not lie 8266 nor repent 5162: for he is not a man 120, that he should repent 5162.
30 Then he said 559, I have sinned 2398: yet honour 3513 me now, I pray thee, before the elders 2205 of my people 5971, and before Israel 3478, and turn again 7725 with me, that I may worship 7812 the LORD 3068 thy God 430.
31 So Samuel 8050 turned again 7725 after 310 Saul 7586; and Saul 7586 worshipped 7812 the LORD 3068.
32 Then said 559 Samuel 8050, Bring ye hither 5066 to me Agag 90 the king 4428 of the Amalekites 6002. And Agag 90 came 3212 unto him delicately 4574. And Agag 90 said 559, Surely 403 the bitterness 4751 of death 4194 is past 5493.
33 And Samuel 8050 said 559, As thy sword 2719 hath made women 802 childless 7921, so shall thy mother 517 be childless 7921 among women 802. And Samuel 8050 hewed 8158 0 Agag 90 in pieces 8158 before 6440 the LORD 3068 in Gilgal 1537.
34 Then Samuel 8050 went 3212 to Ramah 7414; and Saul 7586 went up 5927 to his house 1004 to Gibeah 1390 of Saul 7586.
35 And Samuel 8050 came no more 3254 to see 7200 Saul 7586 until the day 3117 of his death 4194: nevertheless 3588 Samuel 8050 mourned 56 for Saul 7586: and the LORD 3068 repented 5162 that he had made Saul 7586 king 4427 over Israel 3478.