1 Samuel 15:16-24

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?

18And Jehovah sentH7971 thee on a wayH1870 and saidH559, GoH7971 and utterly destroyH3615 the sinnersH2400 the Amalekites, and fightH3898 against them until they be consumed.

19WhyH4100 then didst thou not hearken to the voiceH6963 of Jehovah, but didst fall upon the spoilH7998, and didst evilH7451 in the sight of Jehovah?

20And SaulH7586 saidH559 to SamuelH8050, I have indeed hearkened to 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 choicest of the devoted things, to sacrificeH2076 to Jehovah thy 1GodH430 in GilgalH1537.

22And SamuelH8050 saidH559, Has Jehovah delightH2656 in burnt-offerings and sacrificesH2077, As in hearkening to the voiceH6963 of Jehovah? Behold, obedience is betterH2896 than sacrificeH2077, AttentionH7181 than the fatH2459 of ramsH352.

23For rebellionH4805 is [as] the sinH2403 of divinationH7081, And selfwill is [as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejectedH3988 the wordH1697 of Jehovah, He hath also rejectedH3988 thee from being kingH4428.

24And SaulH7586 saidH559 to SamuelH8050, I have sinnedH2398, for I have transgressed the commandment of Jehovah, and thy wordsH1697; for I fearedH3372 the peopleH5971, and hearkened to their voiceH6963.