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1. Then Samuel said to Saul, "I was the one the LORD sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the LORD says.
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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 .
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2. Here is what the LORD of hosts says: 'I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed Israel along the way when Israel came up from Egypt.
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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 .
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3. So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don't spare them. Put them to death� man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.'"
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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 .
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4. So Saul assembled the army and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
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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 .
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5. Saul proceeded to the city of Amalek, where he set an ambush in the wadi.
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5. And Saul H7586 came H935 to H5704 a city H5892 of Amalek H6002 , and laid wait H693 in the valley H5158 .
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6. Saul said to the Kenites, "Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.
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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 .
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7. Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is next to Egypt.
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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 .
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8. He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag's people with the sword.
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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 .
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9. However, Saul and the army spared Agag, along with the best of the flock, the cattle, the fatlings, and the lambs, as well as everything else that was of value. They were not willing to slaughter them. But they did slaughter everything that was despised and worthless.
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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 .
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10. Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel:
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10. Then came H1961 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 Samuel H8050 , saying H559 ,
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11. "I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do." Samuel became angry and he cried out to the LORD all that night.
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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 .
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12. Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, "Saul has gone to Carmel where he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left and went down to Gilgal."
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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 .
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13. When Samuel came to him, Saul said to him, "May the LORD bless you! I have done what the LORD said."
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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 .
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14. Samuel replied, "If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?"
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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 ?
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15. Saul said, "They were brought from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD our God. But everything else we slaughtered."
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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 .
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16. Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait a minute! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." Saul said to him, "Tell me."
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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 .
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17. Samuel said, "Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD chose you as king over Israel.
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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 ?
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18. The LORD sent you on a campaign saying, 'Go and exterminate those sinful Amalekites! Fight against them until you have destroyed them.'
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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 .
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19. Why haven't you obeyed the LORD? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the LORD's estimation."
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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 ?
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20. Then Saul said to Samuel, "But I have obeyed the LORD! I went on the campaign the LORD sent me on. I brought back King Agag of the Amalekites after exterminating the Amalekites.
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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 .
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21. But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle� the best of what was to be slaughtered� to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal."
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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 .
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22. Then Samuel said, "Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.
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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 .
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23. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king."
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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 .
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24. Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the LORD commanded and what you said as well. For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes.
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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 .
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25. Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship the LORD."
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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 .
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26. Samuel said to Saul, "I will not go back with you, for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel!"
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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 .
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27. When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore.
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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 .
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28. Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!
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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.
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29. The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind."
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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 .
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30. Saul again replied, "I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the LORD your God."
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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 .
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31. So Samuel followed Saul back, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
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31. So Samuel H8050 turned again H7725 after H310 Saul H7586 ; and Saul H7586 worshiped H7812 the LORD H3068 .
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32. Then Samuel said, "Bring me King Agag of the Amalekites." So Agag came to him trembling, thinking to himself, "Surely death is bitter!"
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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 .
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33. Samuel said, "Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!" Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the LORD.
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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 .
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34. Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
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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 .
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35. Until the day he died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
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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 .
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