ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 15
1. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559] unto Saul[H7586], Jehovah[H3068] sent[H7971] me to anoint[H4886] thee to be king[H4428] over his people[H5971], over Israel[H3478]: now therefore hearken[H8085] thou unto the voice[H6963] of the words[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068].
2. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], I have marked[H6485] that which Amalek[H6002] did[H6213] to Israel[H3478], how he set[H7760] himself against him in the way[H1870], when he came up[H5927] out of Egypt[H4714].
3. Now go[H3212] and smite[H5221] Amalek[H6002], and utterly destroy[H2763] all that they have[H2550], and spare them not[H4191]; but slay both man[H376] and woman[H802], infant[H5768] and suckling[H3243], ox[H7794] and sheep[H7716], camel[H1581] and ass[H2543].
4. And Saul[H7586] summoned[H8085] the[H8085] people[H5971], and numbered[H6485] them in Telaim[H2923], two hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] footmen[H7273], and ten[H6235] thousand[H505] men[H7273] of Judah[H3063].
5. And Saul[H7586] came[H935] to the city[H5892] of Amalek[H6002], and laid wait[H7378] in the valley[H5158].
6. And Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto the Kenites[H7017], Go[H3212], depart[H5493], get you down[H3381] from among[H8432] the Amalekites[H6002], lest I destroy[H622] you with them[H6213]; for ye showed kindness[H2617] to all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], when they came up[H5927] out of Egypt[H4714]. So the Kenites[H7017] departed[H5493] from among[H8432] the Amalekites[H6003].
7. And Saul[H7586] smote[H5221] the Amalekites[H6002], from Havilah[H2341] as thou goest[H935] to Shur[H7793], that is before[H6440] Egypt[H4714].
8. And he took[H8610] Agag[H90] the king[H4428] of the Amalekites[H6002] alive[H2416], and utterly destroyed[H2763] all the people[H5971] with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719].
9. But Saul[H7586] and the people[H5971] spared[H2550] 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] not utterly destroy[H2763] them[H4399]: but everything that was vile[H5240] and refuse[H4549], that they destroyed utterly[H2763].
10. Then came the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] unto Samuel[H8050], saying[H559],
11. It repenteth[H5162] me that I have set up[H4427] Saul[H7586] to be king[H4428]; for he is turned back[H7725] from following[H310] me[H6965], and hath not performed my commandments[H1697]. And Samuel[H8050] was wroth[H2734]; and he cried[H2199] unto Jehovah[H3068] all night[H3915].
12. And Samuel[H8050] rose early[H7925] to meet[H7125] Saul[H7586] in the morning[H1242]; and it was told[H5046] Samuel[H8050], saying[H559], Saul[H7586] came[H935] to Carmel[H3760], and[H5324], behold, he set him up a monument[H3027], and turned[H5437], and passed on[H5674], and went down[H3381] to Gilgal[H1537].
13. And Samuel[H8050] came[H935] to Saul[H7586]; and Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto him[H1288], Blessed be thou of Jehovah[H3068]: I have performed[H6965] the commandment[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068].
14. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559], 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]?
15. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], They have brought[H935] them from the Amalekites[H6003]: for the people[H5971] spared[H2550] the best[H4315] of the sheep[H6629] and of the oxen[H1241], to sacrifice[H2076] unto Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430]; and the rest[H3498] we have utterly destroyed[H2763].
16. Then Samuel[H8050] said[H559] unto Saul[H7586], Stay[H7503], and I will tell[H5046] thee what Jehovah[H3068] hath said[H1696] to me this night[H3915]. And he said[H1696] unto him[H1696], Say on.
17. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559], Though thou wast little[H6996] in thine own sight[H5869], wast thou not made the head[H7218] of the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478]? And Jehovah[H3068] anointed[H4886] thee king[H4428] over Israel[H3478];
18. and Jehovah[H3068] sent[H7971] thee on a journey[H1870], and said[H559], Go[H3212], and utterly destroy[H2763] the sinners[H2400] the Amalekites[H6002], and fight[H3898] against them until they be consumed[H3615].
19. Wherefore then didst thou not obey[H8085] the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068], but didst fly[H5860] upon the spoil[H7998], and didst[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068]?
20. And Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto Samuel[H8050], Yea[H8085], I have obeyed the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068], and have gone[H3212] the way[H1870] which Jehovah[H3068] sent[H7971] me[H935], and have brought Agag[H90] the king[H4428] of Amalek[H6002], and have utterly destroyed[H2763] the Amalekites[H6002].
21. But the people[H5971] took[H3947] of the spoil[H7998], sheep[H6629] and oxen[H1241], the chief[H7225] of the devoted[H2764] things[H2076], to sacrifice unto Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] in Gilgal[H1537].
22. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559], Hath Jehovah[H3068] as great delight[H2656] in burnt-offerings[H5930] and sacrifices[H2077], as in obeying[H8085] the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068]? Behold[H8085], to obey is better[H2896] than sacrifice[H2077], and to hearken[H8085] than the fat[H2459] of rams[H352].
23. For rebellion[H4805] is as the sin[H2403] of witchcraft[H7081], and stubbornness[H6484] is as idolatry[H8655] and teraphim[H205]. Because thou hast rejected[H3988] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], he hath also rejected[H3988] thee from being king[H4428].
24. And Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto Samuel[H8050], I have sinned[H2398]; for I have transgressed[H5674] the commandment[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068], and thy words[H1697], because I feared[H3372] the people[H5971], and obeyed[H8085] their voice[H6963].
25. Now therefore[H5375], I pray thee, pardon my sin[H2403], and turn again[H7725] with me[H7812], that I may worship Jehovah[H3068].
26. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559] unto Saul[H7586], I will not return[H7725] with thee[H3988]; for thou hast rejected the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], and Jehovah[H3068] hath rejected[H3988] thee from being king[H4428] over Israel[H3478].
27. And as Samuel[H8050] turned about[H5437] to go away[H3212], Saul laid hold[H2388] upon the skirt[H3671] of his robe[H4598], and it rent[H7167].
28. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559] unto him[H3068], Jehovah hath rent[H7167] the kingdom[H4468] of Israel[H3478] from thee this day[H3117], and hath given[H5414] it to a neighbor[H7453] of thine[H2896], that is better than thou.
29. And also the Strength[H5331] of Israel[H3478] will not lie[H8266] nor repent[H5162]; for he is not a man[H120], that he should repent[H5162].
30. Then he said[H559], I have sinned[H2398]: yet honor[H3513] me now[H2205], I pray thee, before the elders of my people[H5971], and before Israel[H3478], and turn again[H7725] with me[H7812], that I may worship Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430].
31. So Samuel[H8050] turned again[H7725] after[H310] Saul[H7586]; and Saul[H7586] worshipped[H7812] Jehovah[H3068].
32. Then said[H559] Samuel[H8050], Bring ye hither[H5066] to me Agag[H90] the king[H4428] of the Amalekites[H6002]. And Agag[H90] came[H3212] unto him cheerfully[H4574]. And Agag[H90] said[H559], Surely[H403] the bitterness[H4751] of death[H4194] is past[H5493].
33. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559], As thy sword[H2719] hath made women[H802] childless[H7921], so shall thy mother[H517] be childless[H7921] among women[H802]. And Samuel[H8050] hewed[H8158] Agag[H90] in pieces[H8158] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068] in Gilgal[H1537].
34. Then Samuel[H8050] went[H3212] to Ramah[H7414]; and Saul[H7586] went up[H5927] to his house[H1004] to Gibeah[H1390] of Saul[H7586].
35. And Samuel[H8050] came no more[H3254] to see[H7200] Saul[H7586] until the day[H3117] of his death[H4194]; for[H3588] Samuel[H8050] mourned[H56] for Saul[H7586]: and Jehovah[H3068] repented[H5162] that he had made Saul[H7586] king[H4427] over Israel[H3478].
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