And Samuel{H8050} said{H559} unto Saul,{H7586} Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} me to anoint{H4886} thee to be king{H4428} over his people,{H5971} over Israel:{H3478} now therefore hearken{H8085} thou unto the voice{H6963} of the words{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} I have marked{H6485} that which Amalek{H6002} did{H6213} to Israel,{H3478} how he set{H7760} himself against him in the way,{H1870} when he came up{H5927} out of Egypt.{H4714}

Now go{H3212} and smite{H5221} Amalek,{H6002} and utterly destroy{H2763} all that they have, and spare{H2550} them not; but slay{H4191} both man{H376} and woman,{H802} infant{H5768} and suckling,{H3243} ox{H7794} and sheep,{H7716} camel{H1581} and ass.{H2543}

And Saul{H7586} summoned{H8085} the{H8085} people,{H5971} and numbered{H6485} them in Telaim,{H2923} two hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} footmen,{H7273} and ten{H6235} thousand{H505} men{H7273} of Judah.{H3063}

And Saul{H7586} came{H935} to the city{H5892} of Amalek,{H6002} and laid wait{H7378} in the valley.{H5158}

And Saul{H7586} said{H559} unto the Kenites,{H7017} Go,{H3212} depart,{H5493} get you down{H3381} from among{H8432} the Amalekites,{H6002} lest I destroy{H622} you with them; for ye showed{H6213} kindness{H2617} to all the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} when they came up{H5927} out of Egypt.{H4714} So the Kenites{H7017} departed{H5493} from among{H8432} the Amalekites.{H6003}

And Saul{H7586} smote{H5221} the Amalekites,{H6002} from Havilah{H2341} as thou goest{H935} to Shur,{H7793} that is before{H6440} Egypt.{H4714}

And he took{H8610} Agag{H90} the king{H4428} of the Amalekites{H6002} alive,{H2416} and utterly destroyed{H2763} all the people{H5971} with the edge{H6310} of the sword.{H2719}

But Saul{H7586} and the people{H5971} spared{H2550} Agag,{H90} and the best{H4315} of the sheep,{H6629} and of the oxen,{H1241} and of the fatlings,{H4932} and the lambs,{H3733} and all that was good,{H2896} and would{H14} not utterly destroy{H2763} them: but everything{H4399} that was vile{H5240} and refuse,{H4549} that they destroyed utterly.{H2763}

Then came the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} unto Samuel,{H8050} saying,{H559}

It repenteth{H5162} me that I have set up{H4427} Saul{H7586} to be king;{H4428} for he is turned back{H7725} from following{H310} me, and hath not performed{H6965} my commandments.{H1697} And Samuel{H8050} was wroth;{H2734} and he cried{H2199} unto Jehovah{H3068} all night.{H3915}

And Samuel{H8050} rose early{H7925} to meet{H7125} Saul{H7586} in the morning;{H1242} and it was told{H5046} Samuel,{H8050} saying,{H559} Saul{H7586} came{H935} to Carmel,{H3760} and, behold, he set him up{H5324} a monument,{H3027} and turned,{H5437} and passed on,{H5674} and went down{H3381} to Gilgal.{H1537}

And Samuel{H8050} came{H935} to Saul;{H7586} and Saul{H7586} said{H559} unto him, Blessed{H1288} be thou of Jehovah:{H3068} I have performed{H6965} the commandment{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And Samuel{H8050} said,{H559} What meaneth then this bleating{H6963} of the sheep{H6629} in mine ears,{H241} and the lowing{H6963} of the oxen{H1241} which I hear?{H8085}

And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} They have brought{H935} them from the Amalekites:{H6003} for the people{H5971} spared{H2550} the best{H4315} of the sheep{H6629} and of the oxen,{H1241} to sacrifice{H2076} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God;{H430} and the rest{H3498} we have utterly destroyed.{H2763}

Then Samuel{H8050} said{H559} unto Saul,{H7586} Stay,{H7503} and I will tell{H5046} thee what Jehovah{H3068} hath said{H1696} to me this night.{H3915} And he said{H1696} unto him, Say on.{H1696}

And Samuel{H8050} said,{H559} Though thou wast little{H6996} in thine own sight,{H5869} wast thou not made the head{H7218} of the tribes{H7626} of Israel?{H3478} And Jehovah{H3068} anointed{H4886} thee king{H4428} over Israel;{H3478}

and Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} thee on a journey,{H1870} and said,{H559} Go,{H3212} and utterly destroy{H2763} the sinners{H2400} the Amalekites,{H6002} and fight{H3898} against them until they be consumed.{H3615}

Wherefore then didst thou not obey{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah,{H3068} but didst fly{H5860} upon the spoil,{H7998} and didst{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah?{H3068}

And Saul{H7586} said{H559} unto Samuel,{H8050} Yea, I have obeyed{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah,{H3068} and have gone{H3212} the way{H1870} which Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} me, and have brought{H935} Agag{H90} the king{H4428} of Amalek,{H6002} and have utterly destroyed{H2763} the Amalekites.{H6002}

But the people{H5971} took{H3947} of the spoil,{H7998} sheep{H6629} and oxen,{H1241} the chief{H7225} of the devoted{H2764} things, to sacrifice{H2076} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in Gilgal.{H1537}

And Samuel{H8050} said,{H559} Hath Jehovah{H3068} as great delight{H2656} in burnt-offerings{H5930} and sacrifices,{H2077} as in obeying{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah?{H3068} Behold, to obey{H8085} is better{H2896} than sacrifice,{H2077} and to hearken{H8085} than the fat{H2459} of rams.{H352}

For rebellion{H4805} is as the sin{H2403} of witchcraft,{H7081} and stubbornness{H6484} is as idolatry{H8655} and teraphim.{H205} Because thou hast rejected{H3988} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} he hath also rejected{H3988} thee from being king.{H4428}

And Saul{H7586} said{H559} unto Samuel,{H8050} I have sinned;{H2398} for I have transgressed{H5674} the commandment{H6310} of Jehovah,{H3068} and thy words,{H1697} because I feared{H3372} the people,{H5971} and obeyed{H8085} their voice.{H6963}

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon{H5375} my sin,{H2403} and turn again{H7725} with me, that I may worship{H7812} Jehovah.{H3068}

And Samuel{H8050} said{H559} unto Saul,{H7586} I will not return{H7725} with thee; for thou hast rejected{H3988} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} and Jehovah{H3068} hath rejected{H3988} thee from being king{H4428} over Israel.{H3478}

And as Samuel{H8050} turned about{H5437} to go away,{H3212} [Saul] laid hold{H2388} upon the skirt{H3671} of his robe,{H4598} and it rent.{H7167}

And Samuel{H8050} said{H559} unto him, Jehovah{H3068} hath rent{H7167} the kingdom{H4468} of Israel{H3478} from thee this day,{H3117} and hath given{H5414} it to a neighbor{H7453} of thine, that is better{H2896} than thou.

And also the Strength{H5331} of Israel{H3478} will not lie{H8266} nor repent;{H5162} for he is not a man,{H120} that he should repent.{H5162}

Then he said,{H559} I have sinned:{H2398} yet honor{H3513} me now, I pray thee, before the elders{H2205} of my people,{H5971} and before Israel,{H3478} and turn again{H7725} with me, that I may worship{H7812} Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}

So Samuel{H8050} turned again{H7725} after{H310} Saul;{H7586} and Saul{H7586} worshipped{H7812} Jehovah.{H3068}

Then said{H559} Samuel,{H8050} Bring ye hither{H5066} to me Agag{H90} the king{H4428} of the Amalekites.{H6002} And Agag{H90} came{H3212} unto him cheerfully.{H4574} And Agag{H90} said,{H559} Surely{H403} the bitterness{H4751} of death{H4194} is past.{H5493}

And Samuel{H8050} said,{H559} As thy sword{H2719} hath made women{H802} childless,{H7921} so shall thy mother{H517} be childless{H7921} among women.{H802} And Samuel{H8050} hewed{H8158} Agag{H90} in pieces{H8158} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} in Gilgal.{H1537}

Then Samuel{H8050} went{H3212} to Ramah;{H7414} and Saul{H7586} went up{H5927} to his house{H1004} to Gibeah{H1390} of Saul.{H7586}

And Samuel{H8050} came no more{H3254} to see{H7200} Saul{H7586} until the day{H3117} of his death;{H4194} for{H3588} Samuel{H8050} mourned{H56} for Saul:{H7586} and Jehovah{H3068} repented{H5162} that he had made Saul{H7586} king{H4427} over Israel.{H3478}