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1 Samuel

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1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee ­to be king over his peo­ple, over Is­rael: now there­fore hear­ken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I re­mem­ber that which Amalek did to Is­rael, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and ut­ter­ly de­stroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and wom­an, in­fant and suck­ling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4 And Saul gath­ered the peo­ple to­geth­er, and num­bered them in Telaim, two hun­dred thou­sand foot­men, and ten thou­sand men of Ju­dah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the val­ley. 6 And Saul said unto the Ken­ites, Go, de­part, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I de­stroy you with them: for ye shewed kind­ness to all the chil­dren of Is­rael, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Ken­ites de­part­ed from among the Amalekites. 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Hav­i­lah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and ut­ter­ly de­stroyed all the peo­ple with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the peo­ple spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the ox­en, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not ut­ter­ly de­stroy them: but ev­ery thing that was vile and refuse, that they de­stroyed ut­ter­ly. 10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, say­ing, 11 It re­pen­teth me that I have set up Saul ­to be king: for he is turned back from fol­low­ing me, and hath not per­formed my com­mand­ments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. 12 And when Samuel rose ear­ly to meet Saul in the morn­ing, it was told Samuel, say­ing, Saul came to Carmel, and, be­hold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gil­gal. 13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have per­formed the com­mand­ment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleat­ing of the sheep in mine ears, and the low­ing of the oxen which I hear? 15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the peo­ple spared the best of the sheep and of the ox­en, to sac­ri­fice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have ut­ter­ly de­stroyed. 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast lit­tle in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Is­rael, and the LORD anoint­ed thee king over Is­rael? 18 And the LORD sent thee on a jour­ney, and said, Go and ut­ter­ly de­stroy the sin­ners the Amalekites, and fight against them un­til they be con­sumed. 19 Where­fore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have ut­ter­ly de­stroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the peo­ple took of the spoil, sheep and ox­en, the chief of the things which should have been ut­ter­ly de­stroyed, to sac­ri­fice unto the LORD thy God in Gil­gal. 22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great de­light in burnt of­fer­ings and sac­ri­fices, as in obey­ing the voice of the LORD? Be­hold, to obey is bet­ter than sac­ri­fice, and to hear­ken than the fat of rams. 23 For re­bel­lion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stub­born­ness is as in­iq­ui­ty and idol­a­try. Be­cause thou hast re­ject­ed the word of the LORD, he hath also re­ject­ed thee from being king. 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have trans­gressed the com­mand­ment of the LORD, and thy words: be­cause I feared the peo­ple, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now there­fore, I pray thee, par­don my sin, and turn again with me, that I may wor­ship the LORD. 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not re­turn with thee: for thou hast re­ject­ed the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath re­ject­ed thee from be­ing king over Is­rael. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his man­tle, and it rent. 28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the king­dom of Is­rael from thee this day, and hath giv­en it to a neigh­bour of thine, that is bet­ter than thou. 29 And also the Strength of Is­rael will not lie nor re­pent: for he is not a man, that he should re­pent. 30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet hon­our me now, I pray thee, be­fore the el­ders of my peo­ple, and be­fore Is­rael, and turn again with me, that I may wor­ship the LORD thy God. 31 So Samuel turned again af­ter Saul; and Saul wor­shipped the LORD. 32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hith­er to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him del­i­cate­ly. And Agag said, Sure­ly the bit­ter­ness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made wom­en child­less, so shall thy moth­er be child­less among wom­en. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces be­fore the LORD in Gil­gal. 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul un­til the day of his death: nev­er­the­less Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD re­pent­ed that he had made Saul king over Is­rael.