1 Samuel 15:1-17

1And SamuelH8050 saidH559 to SaulH7586, Jehovah sentH7971 me to anointH4886 thee kingH4428 over his peopleH5971, over IsraelH3478: nowH6258 thereforeH6258 hearken to the voiceH6963 of the wordsH1697 of Jehovah.

2ThusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635: I have considered what AmalekH6002 did to IsraelH3478, how he setH7760 himself against him in the wayH1870, whenH834 he cameH5927 up from EgyptH4714.

3NowH6258 go and smite AmalekH6002, and destroyH2763 utterly 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 the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley.

6And SaulH7586 saidH559 to the Kenites, GoH5927, departH5493, and goH5927 down from among the Amalekites, lestH6435 I destroy you with them; for ye shewed kindness to all the children of IsraelH3478 when they cameH5927 up out of EgyptH4714. And the Kenites departedH5493 from among the Amalekites.

7And SaulH7586 smote AmalekH6002 from HavilahH2341 as thou comest to ShurH7793, which is opposite to EgyptH4714.

8And he took AgagH90 the kingH4428 of AmalekH6002 aliveH2416, and utterly destroyed all the peopleH5971 with the edge of the swordH2719.

9And SaulH7586 and the peopleH5971 sparedH2550 AgagH90, and the best of the sheepH6629 and oxenH1241, and beasts of the secondH4932 bearing, and the lambsH3733, and all that was goodH2896, and wouldH14 not devote them to destruction; but everythingH3605 that was mean and weak, that they destroyed utterly.

10And the wordH1697 of Jehovah came to SamuelH8050, sayingH559,

11It repenteth me that I have setH6965 up SaulH7586 to be kingH4428; for he is turnedH7725 awayH7725 from following me, and hath not fulfilled my wordsH1697. And SamuelH8050 was much grieved; and he criedH2199 to 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 has turnedH5437 about, and passedH5674 on, and goneH3381 downH3381 to GilgalH1537.

13And SamuelH8050 cameH935 to SaulH7586; and SaulH7586 saidH559 to him, BlessedH1288 art thou of Jehovah: I have fulfilled the wordH1697 of Jehovah.

14And SamuelH8050 saidH559, What [means] then this bleating of sheepH6629 in mine earsH241, and the lowing of oxenH1241 which I hearH8085?

15And SaulH7586 saidH559, They have broughtH935 them from the Amalekites, because the peopleH5971 sparedH2550 the best of the sheepH6629 and of the oxenH1241, to sacrificeH2076 to Jehovah thy 1GodH430; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

16And SamuelH8050 saidH559 to SaulH7586, Stay, that I may tellH5046 thee what Jehovah has saidH559 to me this nightH3915. And he saidH559 to him, SayH559 on.

17And SamuelH8050 saidH559, Was it not when thou wast littleH6996 in thine eyesH5869 that thou [becamest] the headH7218 of the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, and Jehovah anointedH4886 thee kingH4428 over IsraelH3478?