1. Samuel H8050 also said H559 unto H413 Saul H7586 , The LORD H3068 sent H7971 me to anoint H4886 thee to be king H4428 over H5921 his people H5971 , over H5921 Israel H3478 : now H6258 therefore hearken H8085 thou unto the voice H6963 of the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 .
2. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , I remember H6485 that H853 which H834 Amalek H6002 did H6213 to Israel H3478 , how H834 he laid H7760 wait for him in the way H1870 , when he came up H5927 from Egypt H4480 H4714 .
3. Now H6258 go H1980 and smite H5221 H853 Amalek H6002 , and utterly destroy H2763 H853 all H3605 that H834 they have , and spare H2550 H5921 them not H3808 ; but slay H4191 both man H4480 H376 and H5704 woman H802 , infant H4480 H5768 and suckling H3243 , ox H4480 H7794 and sheep H7716 , camel H4480 H1581 and ass H2543 .
4. And Saul H7586 gathered the people together H8085 H853 H5971 , and numbered H6485 them in Telaim H2923 , two hundred H3967 thousand H505 footmen H7273 , and ten H6235 thousand H505 H853 men H376 of Judah H3063 .
5. And Saul H7586 came H935 to H5704 a city H5892 of Amalek H6002 , and laid wait H693 in the valley H5158 .
6. And Saul H7586 said H559 unto H413 the Kenites H7017 , Go H1980 , depart H5493 , get you down H3381 from among H4480 H8432 the Amalekites H6002 , lest H6435 I destroy H622 you with H5973 them : for ye H859 showed H6213 kindness H2617 to H5973 all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , when they came up H5927 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 . So the Kenites H7017 departed H5493 from among H4480 H8432 the Amalekites H6003 .
7. And Saul H7586 smote H5221 H853 the Amalekites H6002 from Havilah H4480 H2341 until thou comest H935 to Shur H7793 , that H834 is over H5921 against H6440 Egypt H4714 .
8. And he took H8610 H853 Agag H90 the king H4428 of the Amalekites H6002 alive H2416 , and utterly destroyed H2763 all H3605 the people H5971 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 .
9. But Saul H7586 and the people H5971 spared H2550 H5921 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 H3605 that was good H2896 , and would H14 not H3808 utterly destroy H2763 them : but every H3605 thing H4399 that was vile H5240 and refuse H4549 , that they destroyed utterly H2763 .
10. Then came H1961 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 Samuel H8050 , saying H559 ,
11. It repenteth me H5162 that H3588 I have set up H4427 H853 Saul H7586 to be king H4428 : for H3588 he is turned back H7725 from following H4480 H310 me , and hath not H3808 performed H6965 my commandments H1697 . And it grieved H2734 Samuel H8050 ; and he cried H2199 unto H413 the LORD H3068 all H3605 night H3915 .
12. And when Samuel H8050 rose early H7925 to meet H7125 Saul H7586 in the morning H1242 , it was told H5046 Samuel H8050 , saying H559 , Saul H7586 came H935 to Carmel H3760 , and, behold H2009 , he set him up H5324 a place H3027 , and is gone about H5437 , and passed on H5674 , and gone down H3381 to Gilgal H1537 .
13. And Samuel H8050 came H935 to H413 Saul H7586 : and Saul H7586 said H559 unto him, Blessed H1288 be thou H859 of the LORD H3068 : I have performed H6965 H853 the commandment H1697 of the LORD H3068 .
14. And Samuel H8050 said H559 , What H4100 meaneth then this H2088 bleating H6963 of the sheep H6629 in mine ears H241 , and the lowing H6963 of the oxen H1241 which H834 I H595 hear H8085 ?
15. And Saul H7586 said H559 , They have brought H935 them from the Amalekites H4480 H6003 : for H834 the people H5971 spared H2550 H5921 the best H4315 of the sheep H6629 and of the oxen H1241 , to sacrifice H4616 H2076 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 ; and the rest H3498 we have utterly destroyed H2763 .
16. Then Samuel H8050 said H559 unto H413 Saul H7586 , Stay H7503 , and I will tell H5046 thee H853 what H834 the LORD H3068 hath said H1696 to H413 me this night H3915 . And he said H559 unto him , Say on H1696 .
17. And Samuel H8050 said H559 , When H518 thou H859 wast little H6996 in thine own sight H5869 , wast thou H859 not H3808 made the head H7218 of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , and the LORD H3068 anointed H4886 thee king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478 ?
18. And the LORD H3068 sent H7971 thee on a journey H1870 , and said H559 , Go H1980 and utterly destroy H2763 H853 the sinners H2400 H853 the Amalekites H6002 , and fight H3898 against them until H5704 they be consumed H3615 .
19. Wherefore H4100 then didst thou not H3808 obey H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 , but didst fly H5860 upon H413 the spoil H7998 , and didst H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 ?
20. And Saul H7586 said H559 unto H413 Samuel H8050 , Yea H834 , I have obeyed H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 , and have gone H1980 the way H1870 which H834 the LORD H3068 sent H7971 me , and have brought H935 H853 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 H4480 H7998 , sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 , the chief H7225 of the things which should have been utterly destroyed H2764 , to sacrifice H2076 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in Gilgal H1537 .
22. And Samuel H8050 said H559 , Hath the LORD H3068 as great delight H2656 in burnt offerings H5930 and sacrifices H2077 , as in obeying H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 ? Behold H2009 , to obey H8085 is better H2896 than sacrifice H4480 H2077 , and to hearken H7181 than the fat H4480 H2459 of rams H352 .
23. For H3588 rebellion H4805 is as the sin H2403 of witchcraft H7081 , and stubbornness H6484 is as iniquity H205 and idolatry H8655 . Because H3282 thou hast rejected H3988 H853 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , he hath also rejected H3988 thee from being king H4480 H4428 .
24. And Saul H7586 said H559 unto H413 Samuel H8050 , I have sinned H2398 : for H3588 I have transgressed H5674 H853 the commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 , and thy words H1697 : because H3588 I feared H3372 H853 the people H5971 , and obeyed H8085 their voice H6963 .
25. Now H6258 therefore , I pray thee H4994 , pardon H5375 H853 my sin H2403 , and turn again H7725 with H5973 me , that I may worship H7812 the LORD H3068 .
26. And Samuel H8050 said H559 unto H413 Saul H7586 , I will not H3808 return H7725 with H5973 thee: for H3588 thou hast rejected H3988 H853 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , and the LORD H3068 hath rejected H3988 thee from being H4480 H1961 king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478 .
27. And as Samuel H8050 turned about H5437 to go away H1980 , he laid hold H2388 upon the skirt H3671 of his mantle H4598 , and it rent H7167 .
28. And Samuel H8050 said H559 unto H413 him , The LORD H3068 hath rent H7167 H853 the kingdom H4468 of Israel H3478 from H4480 H5921 thee this day H3117 , and hath given H5414 it to a neighbor H7453 of thine, that is better H2896 than H4480 thou.
29. And also H1571 the Strength H5331 of Israel H3478 will not H3808 lie H8266 nor H3808 repent H5162 : for H3588 he is not H3808 a man H120 , that he H1931 should repent H5162 .
30. Then he said H559 , I have sinned H2398 : yet honor H3513 me now H6258 , I pray thee H4994 , before H5048 the elders H2205 of my people H5971 , and before H5048 Israel H3478 , and turn again H7725 with H5973 me , that I may worship H7812 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 .
31. So Samuel H8050 turned again H7725 after H310 Saul H7586 ; and Saul H7586 worshiped H7812 the LORD H3068 .
32. Then said H559 Samuel H8050 , Bring ye hither H5066 to H413 me H853 Agag H90 the king H4428 of the Amalekites H6002 . And Agag H90 came H1980 unto H413 him delicately H4574 . And Agag H90 said H559 , Surely H403 the bitterness H4751 of death H4194 is past H5493 .
33. And Samuel H8050 said H559 , As H834 thy sword H2719 hath made women H802 childless H7921 , so H3651 shall thy mother H517 be childless H7921 among women H4480 H802 . And Samuel H8050 hewed Agag in pieces H8158 H853 H90 before H6440 the LORD H3068 in Gilgal H1537 .
34. Then Samuel H8050 went H1980 to Ramah H7414 ; and Saul H7586 went up H5927 to H413 his house H1004 to Gibeah H1390 of Saul H7586 .
35. And Samuel H8050 came no H3808 more H3254 to see H7200 H853 Saul H7586 until H5704 the day H3117 of his death H4194 : nevertheless H3588 Samuel H8050 mourned H56 for H413 Saul H7586 : and the LORD H3068 repented H5162 that H3588 he had made Saul king H4427 H853 H7586 over H5921 Israel H3478 .