1 Samuel 15:1-19

1And SamuelH8050 saidH559 unto SaulH7586, Jehovah sentH7971 me to anointH4886 thee to be kingH4428 over his peopleH5971, over IsraelH3478: nowH6258 thereforeH6258 hearken thou unto the voiceH6963 of the wordsH1697 of Jehovah. 2ThusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, I have marked that which AmalekH6002 did to IsraelH3478, how he setH7760 himself against him in the wayH1870, whenH834 he cameH5927 up out of EgyptH4714. 3NowH6258 go and smite AmalekH6002, and utterly destroyH2763 all that they have, and spareH2550 them not; but slay both manH376 and womanH802, infant and suckling, oxH7794 and sheepH7716, camelH1581 and ass.

4And SaulH7586 summoned the peopleH5971, and numbered them in Telaim, twoH3967 hundredH3967 thousandH505 footmen, and tenH6235 thousandH505 menH376 of JudahH3063. 5And SaulH7586 cameH935 to the cityH5892 of AmalekH6002, and laid wait in the valley. 6And SaulH7586 saidH559 unto the Kenites, GoH5927, departH5493, get you downH3381 from among the Amalekites, lestH6435 I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of IsraelH3478, when they cameH5927 up out of EgyptH4714. So the Kenites departedH5493 from among the Amalekites. 7And SaulH7586 smote the Amalekites, from HavilahH2341 as thou goest to ShurH7793, that is before EgyptH4714. 8And he took AgagH90 the kingH4428 of the Amalekites aliveH2416, and utterly destroyed all the peopleH5971 with the edge of the swordH2719. 9But SaulH7586 and the peopleH5971 sparedH2550 AgagH90, and the best of the sheepH6629, and of the oxenH1241, and of the fatlings, and the lambsH3733, and all that was goodH2896, and wouldH14 not utterly destroyH2763 them: but everythingH3605 that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

10Then came the wordH1697 of Jehovah unto SamuelH8050, sayingH559, 11It repenteth me that I have setH6965 up SaulH7586 to be kingH4428; for he is turnedH7725 backH7725 from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And SamuelH8050 was wroth; and he criedH2199 unto Jehovah all nightH3915. 12And SamuelH8050 roseH7925 earlyH7925 to meetH7122 SaulH7586 in the morningH1242; and it was toldH5046 SamuelH8050, sayingH559, SaulH7586 cameH935 to CarmelH3760, and, behold, he setH5324 him up a monument, and turnedH5437, and passedH5674 on, and wentH935 downH3381 to GilgalH1537. 13And SamuelH8050 cameH935 to SaulH7586; and SaulH7586 saidH559 unto him, BlessedH1288 be thou of Jehovah: I have performed the commandment of Jehovah. 14And SamuelH8050 saidH559, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheepH6629 in mine earsH241, and the lowing of the oxenH1241 which I hearH8085? 15And SaulH7586 saidH559, They have broughtH935 them from the Amalekites: for the peopleH5971 sparedH2550 the best of the sheepH6629 and of the oxenH1241, to sacrificeH2076 unto Jehovah thy GodH430; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 16Then SamuelH8050 saidH559 unto SaulH7586, Stay, and I will tellH5046 thee what Jehovah hath saidH559 to me this nightH3915. And he saidH559 unto him, SayH559 on.

17And SamuelH8050 saidH559, Though thou wast littleH6996 in thine ownH5869 sight, wast thou not made the headH7218 of the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478? And Jehovah anointedH4886 thee kingH4428 over IsraelH3478; 18and Jehovah sentH7971 thee on a journeyH1870, and saidH559, GoH7971, and utterly destroyH3615 the sinnersH2400 the Amalekites, and fightH3898 against them until they be consumed. 19Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voiceH6963 of Jehovah, but didst fly upon the spoilH7998, and didst that which was evilH7451 in the sight of Jehovah?