1 Samuel 15:6-23

6And SaulH7586 saidH559 unto the KenitesH7017, GoH5927, departH5493, getH8432 youH859 downH3381 from among the AmalekitesH6002, lestH6435 I destroyH3605 youH859 with them: for ye shewed kindnessH2617 to allH3605 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, when they cameH5927 upH5927 outH413 of EgyptH4714. SoH6213 the KenitesH7017 departedH5493 from among the AmalekitesH6002.

7And SaulH7586 SmoteH5221 the AmalekitesH6002, from HavilahH2341 as thou goest to ShurH7793, that is beforeH6440 EgyptH4714.

8And he tookH8610 AgagH90 the kingH4428 of the AmalekitesH6002 aliveH2416, and utterly destroyed allH3605 the peopleH5971 with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719.

9But SaulH7586 and the peopleH5971 sparedH2550 AgagH90, and the bestH4315 of the sheepH6629, and of the oxenH1241, and of the fatlingsH4932, and the lambsH3733, and allH3605 that was goodH2896, and would notH3808 utterly destroyH2763 them: but everyH3605 thingH3605 that was vile and refuseH3808, that they destroyed utterly.

10Then cameH1961 the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 unto SamuelH8050, sayingH559,

11It repenteth meH413 that I have setH6965 upH6965 SaulH7586 to be kingH4428: for he is turnedH7725 backH7725 from followingH310 meH413, and hath notH3808 performed my commandmentsH1697. And SamuelH8050 was wroth; and he criedH2199 unto the LORDH3068 allH3605 nightH3915.

12And SamuelH8050 roseH7925 earlyH7925 to meetH7122 SaulH7586 in the morningH1242; and it was toldH5046 SamuelH8050, sayingH559, SaulH7586 cameH935 to CarmelH3760, and, beholdH2009, he setH5324 him upH7925 a monumentH3027, and is goneH3381 aboutH5437, and passedH5674 on, and goneH3381 downH3381 to GilgalH1537.

13And SamuelH8050 cameH935 to SaulH7586: and SaulH7586 saidH559 unto him, BlessedH1288 be thou of the LORDH3068: I have performed the commandmentH1697 of the LORDH3068.

14And SamuelH8050 saidH559, WhatH4100 meaneth then this bleatingH6963 of the sheepH6629 in mine earsH241, and the lowingH6963 of the oxenH1241 whichH834 I hearH8085?

15And SaulH7586 saidH559, They have broughtH935 them from the AmalekitesH6003: for the peopleH5971 sparedH2550 the bestH4315 of the sheepH6629 and of the oxenH1241, to sacrificeH2076 unto the LORDH3068 thy GodH430; and the restH3498 weH834 have utterly destroyed.

16Then SamuelH8050 saidH559 unto SaulH7586, Stay, and I will tellH5046 thee whatH834 the LORDH3068 hath saidH559 to meH413 this nightH3915. And he saidH559 unto him, SayH559 on.

17And SamuelH8050 saidH559, ThoughH518 thou wast littleH6996 in thine ownH5869 sightH5869, wast thou notH3808 made the headH7218 of the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478? And the LORDH3068 anointedH4886 thee kingH4428 over IsraelH3478;

18and the LORDH3068 sentH7971 thee on a journeyH1870, and saidH559, GoH7971 and utterly destroyH3615 the sinnersH2400 the AmalekitesH6002, and fightH3898 againstH3898 them untilH5704 they be consumedH3615.

19wherefore then didst thou notH3808 obeyH8085 the voiceH6963 of the LORDH3068, but didst fly uponH413 the spoilH7998, and didst that whichH5869 was evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LORDH3068?

20And SaulH7586 saidH559 unto SamuelH8050, Yea, I have obeyedH8085 the voiceH6963 of the LORDH3068, and have goneH935 the wayH1870 whichH834 the LORDH3068 sentH7971 meH413, and have broughtH935 AgagH90 the kingH4428 of AmalekH6002, and have utterly destroyed the AmalekitesH6002.

21But the peopleH5971 tookH3947 of the spoilH7998, sheepH6629 and oxenH1241, the chief of the devotedH2764 things, to sacrificeH2076 unto the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 in GilgalH1537.

22And SamuelH8050 saidH559, Hath the LORDH3068 as greatH2896 delightH2656 in burntH5930 offeringsH3068 and sacrificesH2077, as in obeyingH8085 the voiceH6963 of the LORDH3068? BeholdH2009, to obeyH8085 is betterH2896 thanH2896 sacrificeH2077, and to hearken thanH2896 the fatH2459 of ramsH352.

23For rebellionH4805 is as the sinH2403 of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatryH8655 and teraphimH8655. BecauseH3588 thou hast rejectedH3988 the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, he hath also rejectedH3988 thee from being kingH4428.