1 Samuel 15
15:1And Samuel said to Saul, the lord has sent me to anoint you as king over Israel his people. And now hear the voice of the saying of the lord!
15:2Thus said the lord of hosts, Now I shall punish what Amalek did to Israel, when he met him in the way ascending out of Egypt.
15:3And now, go! and you shall strike Amalek, and you shall utterly destroy him, and all the things of his. And you shall devote him to consumption, and all the things of his; and in no way shall you spare over him. And you shall kill from man and unto woman, and from infant and unto one nursing; and from calf and unto sheep, and from camel and unto donkey.
15:4And Saul gave exhortation to the people. And he numbered them in Gilgal -- two hundred thousand of the ranks, and ten thousand of the men of Judah.
15:5And Saul came unto the city of Amalek, and laid in wait by the rushing stream.
15:6And Saul said to the Kenite, You go forth, and turn away from the midst of Amalek! lest I add you with him, for you executed mercy with the sons of Israel in their ascending from out of Egypt. And the Kenite turned away from the midst of Amalek.
15:7And Saul struck Amalek from Havilah unto Shur at the face of Egypt.
15:8And he seized Agag king of Amalek alive. And all his people he utterly destroyed by the mouth of the broadsword.
15:9And Saul and the people preserved Agag, and the good ones of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the foods, and of the vineyards, and all the good things; and they did not want to utterly destroy them. And every work being a disgrace, and being treated with contempt they utterly destroyed.
15:10And came to pass the word of the lord to Samuel, saying,
15:11I have changed my mind for Saul to reign as king, for he turned away from following after me; and my words he did not give heed to. And Samuel was depressed, and yelled to the lord the entire night.
15:12And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning. And it was reported to Samuel, saying, Saul comes to Carmel. And behold, he has raised up to himself a hand, and turned his chariot, and went down into Gilgal.
15:13And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, Blessed are you to the lord. I established all as many things as the lord spoke.
15:14And Samuel said, And what is the sound of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen of which I hear?
15:15And Saul said, From out of Amalek I brought them, which the people procured, the most excellent of the flocks and of the herds, so as it may be a sacrifice to the lord your God, and the rest I utterly destroyed.
15:16And Samuel said to Saul, Spare! and I will report to you what the lord spoke to me in the night. And he said to him, Speak!
15:17And Samuel said to Saul, Were you not small, even you, before yourself for taking the lead of the chiefdom of the tribes of Israel? And the lord anointed you for king over Israel.
15:18And the lord sent you on the journey. And he said to you, Go! and utterly destroy Amalek the ones sinning against me! and you shall war against them until you should have finished them.
15:19And why did you not hearken to the voice of the lord, but advanced upon the spoils, and did the wicked thing before the lord?
15:20And Saul said to Samuel, Because of my hearing the sound of the people, and I went in the way in which the lord sent me. And I brought Agag, king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed Amalek.
15:21And the people took of the spoils of the flocks and the herds, the first-fruits of the offering for consumption, to sacrifice before the lord our God in Gilgal.
15:22And Samuel said, Does the lord want whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as compared to hearing the voice of the lord, no. Behold, hearkening is better than sacrifice, and heeding over the fat of rams.
15:23For sin is as an omen, teraphim bring upon grief and miseries. Because you treated with contempt the word of the lord, even the lord treats you with contempt to not be king over Israel.
15:24And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, that I violated the word of the lord, and the saying by you; for I feared the people, and I hearkened to their voice.
15:25And now, take away indeed my sin, and return with me! and I shall do obeisance to the lord your God.
15:26And Samuel said to Saul, I shall not return with you. For you treated with contempt the saying of the lord, and the lord shall treat you with contempt to not be king over Israel.
15:27And Samuel turned his face to go forth, and Saul took hold of the border of his doubled garment, and tore it.
15:28And Samuel said to him, the lord tore your kingdom from Israel, from out of your hand today, and he shall give it to your neighbor, to the one good over you.
15:29And Israel shall be divided into two, and he shall not turn, nor shall the holy one of Israel change his mind, for not as a man is he to change the mind.
15:30And Saul said, I have sinned, but glorify me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me! and I will do obeisance to the lord your God.
15:31And Samuel returned behind Saul, and he did obeisance to the lord.
15:32And Samuel said, Bring to me Agag king of Amalek. And Agag came forward to him trembling. And Agag said, Is death thus bitter?
15:33And Samuel said to Agag, As your broadsword made women childless, thus your mother shall be made childless among women. And Samuel slew Agag in the presence of the lord in Gilgal.
15:34And Samuel went forth unto Ramah, and Saul ascended unto his house in Gibeah.
15:35And Samuel did not proceed to see Saul until the day of his death, for Samuel mourned over Saul. And the lord repented that Saul reigned over Israel.