1 Samuel 15:10-22

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? 20And SaulH7586 saidH559 unto SamuelH8050, Yea, I have obeyed the voiceH6963 of Jehovah, and have goneH935 the wayH1870 which Jehovah sentH7971 me, and have broughtH935 AgagH90 the kingH4428 of AmalekH6002, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21But the peopleH5971 tookH3947 of the spoilH7998, sheepH6629 and oxenH1241, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrificeH2076 unto Jehovah thy GodH430 in GilgalH1537. 22And SamuelH8050 saidH559, Hath Jehovah as great delightH2656 in burnt-offerings and sacrificesH2077, as in obeying the voiceH6963 of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is betterH2896 than sacrificeH2077, and to hearken than the fatH2459 of ramsH352.