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1 Samuel 15:19-23

19Whereforethendidst thounotobeythevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofJehovah,butdidst flyuponthespoilH7998,anddidstthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah?

20AndSaulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586saidH559untoSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֗לshe.mu.'ElH8050, Yea,Ihaveobeyedthevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofJehovah,andhavegoneH935thewayH1870whichJehovahsentH7971me,andhavebroughtH935Agagאֲגַג֙'a.GagH90thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAmalekH6002,andhaveutterly destroyedtheAmalekites.

21Butthepeopleהָעָ֧םha.'AmH5971tookH3947ofthespoilH7998,sheepצֹ֥אןtzonH6629andoxenH1241,thechiefofthedevotedthings,tosacrificeלִזְבֹּ֛חַliz.Bo.achH2076untoJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430inGilgalבַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ba.gil.GalH1537.

22AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֗לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidH559, HathJehovahasgreatdelightהַחֵ֤פֶץha.Che.fetzH2656inburnt-offeringsandsacrificesH2077,asinobeyingthevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofJehovah?Behold,toobeyisbetterט֔וֹבTovH2896thansacrificeH2077,andtohearkenthanthefatמֵחֵ֥לֶבme.Che.levH2459oframsאֵילִֽים׃'ei.LimH352.

23Forrebellionמֶ֔רִיMe.riH4805isasthesinחַטַּאת־cha.tat-H2403ofwitchcraft,andstubbornnessisasidolatryandteraphimוּתְרָפִ֖יםu.te.ra.FimH8655.Becausethou hastrejectedמָאַ֙סְתָּ֙ma.'As.taH3988thewordדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697ofJehovah,hehathalsorejectedוַיִּמְאָסְךָ֖vai.yim.'a.se.KhaH3988theefrombeingkingמִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סmi.Me.lekhH4428.

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