1 Samuel{H8050} also said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Saul{H7586}, The LORD{H3068} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me to anoint{H4886}{(H8800)} thee to be king{H4428} over his people{H5971}, over Israel{H3478}: now therefore hearken{H8085}{(H8798)} thou unto the voice{H6963} of the words{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}.

2 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, I remember{H6485}{(H8804)} that which Amalek{H6002} did{H6213}{(H8804)} to Israel{H3478}, how he laid{H7760}{(H8804)} wait for him in the way{H1870}, when he came up{H5927}{(H8800)} from Egypt{H4714}.

3 Now go{H3212}{(H8798)} and smite{H5221}{(H8689)} Amalek{H6002}, and utterly destroy{H2763}{(H8689)} all that they have, and spare{H2550}{(H8799)} them not; but slay{H4191}{(H8689)} both man{H376} and woman{H802}, infant{H5768} and suckling{H3243}{(H8802)}, ox{H7794} and sheep{H7716}, camel{H1581} and ass{H2543}.

4 And Saul{H7586} gathered{H8085} the people{H5971} together{H8085}{(H8762)}, and numbered{H6485}{(H8799)} them in Telaim{H2923}, two hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} footmen{H7273}, and ten{H6235} thousand{H505} men{H376} of Judah{H3063}.

5 And Saul{H7586} came{H935}{(H8799)} to a city{H5892} of Amalek{H6002}, and laid wait{H7378}{(H8799)}{H693}{(H8686)} in the valley{H5158}.

6 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the Kenites{H7017}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, depart{H5493}{(H8798)}, get you down{H3381}{(H8798)} from among{H8432} the Amalekites{H6002}, lest I destroy{H622}{(H8799)} you with them: for ye shewed{H6213}{(H8804)} kindness{H2617} to all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, when they came up{H5927}{(H8800)} out of Egypt{H4714}. So the Kenites{H7017} departed{H5493}{(H8799)} from among{H8432} the Amalekites{H6003}.

7 And Saul{H7586} smote{H5221}{(H8686)} the Amalekites{H6002} from Havilah{H2341} until thou comest{H935}{(H8800)} to Shur{H7793}, that is over against{H6440} Egypt{H4714}.

8 And he took{H8610}{(H8799)} Agag{H90} the king{H4428} of the Amalekites{H6002} alive{H2416}, and utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)} all the people{H5971} with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}.

9 But Saul{H7586} and the people{H5971} spared{H2550}{(H8799)} Agag{H90}, and the best{H4315} of the sheep{H6629}, and of the oxen{H1241}, and of the fatlings{H4932}, and the lambs{H3733}, and all that was good{H2896}, and would{H14}{(H8804)} not utterly destroy{H2763}{(H8687)} them: but every thing{H4399} that was vile{H5240} and refuse{H4549}{(H8738)}, that they destroyed utterly{H2763}{(H8689)}.

10 Then came the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} unto Samuel{H8050}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

11 It repenteth{H5162}{(H8738)} me that I have set up{H4427}{(H8689)} Saul{H7586} to be king{H4428}: for he is turned back{H7725}{(H8804)} from following{H310} me, and hath not performed{H6965}{(H8689)} my commandments{H1697}. And it grieved{H2734}{(H8799)} Samuel{H8050}; and he cried{H2199}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068} all night{H3915}.

12 And when Samuel{H8050} rose early{H7925}{(H8686)} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} Saul{H7586} in the morning{H1242}, it was told{H5046}{(H8714)} Samuel{H8050}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Saul{H7586} came{H935}{(H8804)} to Carmel{H3760}, and, behold, he set him up{H5324}{(H8688)} a place{H3027}, and is gone about{H5437}{(H8735)}, and passed on{H5674}{(H8799)}, and gone down{H3381}{(H8799)} to Gilgal{H1537}.

13 And Samuel{H8050} came{H935}{(H8799)} to Saul{H7586}: and Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} be thou of the LORD{H3068}: I have performed{H6965}{(H8689)} the commandment{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}.

14 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)}, What meaneth then this bleating{H6963} of the sheep{H6629} in mine ears{H241}, and the lowing{H6963} of the oxen{H1241} which I hear{H8085}{(H8802)}?

15 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)}, They have brought{H935}{(H8689)} them from the Amalekites{H6003}: for the people{H5971} spared{H2550}{(H8804)} the best{H4315} of the sheep{H6629} and of the oxen{H1241}, to sacrifice{H2076}{(H8800)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}; and the rest{H3498}{(H8802)} we have utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)}.

16 Then Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Saul{H7586}, Stay{H7503}{(H8685)}, and I will tell{H5046}{(H8686)} thee what the LORD{H3068} hath said{H1696}{(H8765)} to me this night{H3915}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Say on{H1696}{(H8761)}.

17 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)}, When thou wast little{H6996} in thine own sight{H5869}, wast thou not made the head{H7218} of the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}, and the LORD{H3068} anointed{H4886}{(H8799)} thee king{H4428} over Israel{H3478}?

18 And the LORD{H3068} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} thee on a journey{H1870}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)} and utterly destroy{H2763}{(H8689)} the sinners{H2400} the Amalekites{H6002}, and fight{H3898}{(H8738)} against them until they be consumed{H3615}{(H8763)}.

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey{H8085}{(H8804)} the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068}, but didst fly{H5860}{(H8799)} upon the spoil{H7998}, and didst{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}?

20 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Samuel{H8050}, Yea, I have obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068}, and have gone{H3212}{(H8799)} the way{H1870} which the LORD{H3068} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me, and have brought{H935}{(H8686)} Agag{H90} the king{H4428} of Amalek{H6002}, and have utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)} the Amalekites{H6002}.

21 But the people{H5971} took{H3947}{(H8799)} of the spoil{H7998}, sheep{H6629} and oxen{H1241}, the chief{H7225} of the things which should have been utterly destroyed{H2764}, to sacrifice{H2076}{(H8800)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} in Gilgal{H1537}.

22 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hath the LORD{H3068} as great delight{H2656} in burnt offerings{H5930} and sacrifices{H2077}, as in obeying{H8085}{(H8800)} the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068}? Behold, to obey{H8085}{(H8800)} is better{H2896} than sacrifice{H2077}, and to hearken{H7181}{(H8687)} than the fat{H2459} of rams{H352}.

23 For rebellion{H4805} is as the sin{H2403} of witchcraft{H7081}, and stubbornness{H6484}{(H8687)} is as iniquity{H205} and idolatry{H8655}. Because thou hast rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, he hath also rejected{H3988}{(H8799)} thee from being king{H4428}.

24 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Samuel{H8050}, I have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}: for I have transgressed{H5674}{(H8804)} the commandment{H6310} of the LORD{H3068}, and thy words{H1697}: because I feared{H3372}{(H8804)} the people{H5971}, and obeyed{H8085}{(H8799)} their voice{H6963}.

25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon{H5375}{(H8798)} my sin{H2403}, and turn again{H7725}{(H8798)} with me, that I may worship{H7812}{(H8691)} the LORD{H3068}.

26 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Saul{H7586}, I will not return{H7725}{(H8799)} with thee: for thou hast rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, and the LORD{H3068} hath rejected{H3988}{(H8799)} thee from being king{H4428} over Israel{H3478}.

27 And as Samuel{H8050} turned about{H5437}{(H8735)} to go away{H3212}{(H8800)}, he laid hold{H2388}{(H8686)} upon the skirt{H3671} of his mantle{H4598}, and it rent{H7167}{(H8735)}.

28 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, The LORD{H3068} hath rent{H7167}{(H8804)} the kingdom{H4468} of Israel{H3478} from thee this day{H3117}, and hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} it to a neighbour{H7453} of thine, that is better{H2896} than thou.

29 And also the Strength{H5331} of Israel{H3478} will not lie{H8266}{(H8762)} nor repent{H5162}{(H8735)}: for he is not a man{H120}, that he should repent{H5162}{(H8736)}.

30 Then he said{H559}{(H8799)}, I have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}: yet honour{H3513}{(H8761)} me now, I pray thee, before the elders{H2205} of my people{H5971}, and before Israel{H3478}, and turn again{H7725}{(H8798)} with me, that I may worship{H7812}{(H8694)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}.

31 So Samuel{H8050} turned again{H7725}{(H8799)} after{H310} Saul{H7586}; and Saul{H7586} worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} the LORD{H3068}.

32 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Samuel{H8050}, Bring ye hither{H5066}{(H8685)} to me Agag{H90} the king{H4428} of the Amalekites{H6002}. And Agag{H90} came{H3212}{(H8799)} unto him delicately{H4574}. And Agag{H90} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Surely{H403} the bitterness{H4751} of death{H4194} is past{H5493}{(H8804)}.

33 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)}, As thy sword{H2719} hath made women{H802} childless{H7921}{(H8765)}, so shall thy mother{H517} be childless{H7921}{(H8799)} among women{H802}. And Samuel{H8050} hewed{H8158} Agag{H90} in pieces{H8158}{(H8762)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} in Gilgal{H1537}.

34 Then Samuel{H8050} went{H3212}{(H8799)} to Ramah{H7414}; and Saul{H7586} went up{H5927}{(H8804)} to his house{H1004} to Gibeah{H1390} of Saul{H7586}.

35 And Samuel{H8050} came no more{H3254}{(H8804)} to see{H7200}{(H8800)} Saul{H7586} until the day{H3117} of his death{H4194}: nevertheless{H3588} Samuel{H8050} mourned{H56}{(H8694)} for Saul{H7586}: and the LORD{H3068} repented{H5162}{(H8738)} that he had made Saul{H7586} king{H4427}{(H8689)} over Israel{H3478}.