1 Samuel 15

And Samuel saith unto Saul, ` Me did Jehovah send to anoint thee for king over His people, over Israel ; and now , hearken to the voice of the words of Jehovah:

` Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have looked after that which Amalek did to Israel, that which he laid for him in the way in his going up out of Egypt.

Now , go , and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath , and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass. '

And Saul summoneth the people, and inspecteth them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand `are' men of Judah.

And Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley ;

and Saul saith unto the Kenite , ` Go, turn aside , go down from the midst of Amalek , lest I consume thee with it, and thou didst kindness with all the sons of Israel, in their going up out of Egypt ;' and the Kenite turneth aside from the midst of Amalek .

And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah -- thy going in to Shur, which ` is ' on the front of Egypt ,

and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword ;

and Saul hath pity -- also the people -- on Agag, and on the best of the flock , and of the herd , and of the seconds , and on the lambs, and on all that `is' good, and have not been willing to devote them ; and all the work , despised and wasted -- it they devoted .

And the word of Jehovah is unto Samuel, saying,

` I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king , for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed ;' and it is displeasing to Samuel , and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night.

And Samuel riseth early to meet Saul in the morning, and it is declared to Samuel, saying, ` Saul hath come in to Carmel, and lo , he is setting up to himself a monument , and goeth round , and passeth over , and goeth down to Gilgal. '

And Samuel cometh in unto Saul , and Saul saith to him, ` Blessed `art' thou of Jehovah; I have performed the word of Jehovah . '

And Samuel saith , `And what `is' the noise of this flock in mine ears -- and the noise of the herd which I am hearing ? '

And Saul saith , `From Amalek they have brought them , because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd , in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God , and the remnant we have devoted . '

And Samuel saith unto Saul, `Desist , and I declare to thee that which Jehovah hath spoken unto me to- night ;' and he saith to him, `Speak . '

And Samuel saith , `Art not thou , if thou `art' little in thine own eyes , head of the tribes of Israel ? and Jehovah doth anoint thee for king over Israel ,

and Jehovah sendeth thee in the way , and saith , Go , and thou hast devoted the sinners , the Amalekite , and fought against them till they are consumed ;

and why hast thou not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah -- and dost fly unto the spoil, and dost do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah ? '

And Saul saith unto Samuel, `Because -- I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah , and I go in the way which Jehovah hath sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted;

and the people taketh of the spoil of the flock and herd , the first part of the devoted thing , for sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal. '

And Samuel saith , ` Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt - offerings and sacrifices as ` in ' hearkening to the voice of Jehovah ? lo , hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams ;

for a sin of divination `is' rebellion , and iniquity and teraphim `is' stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah , He also doth reject thee from ` being ' king. '

And Saul saith unto Samuel, ` I have sinned , for I passed over the command of Jehovah , and thy words ; because I have feared the people, I also hearken to their voice ;

and now, bear, I pray thee, with my sin, and turn back with me, and I bow myself to Jehovah . '

And Samuel saith unto Saul, ` I do not turn back with thee ; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah , and Jehovah doth reject thee from being king over Israel. '

And Samuel turneth round to go, and he layeth hold on the skirt of his upper robe -- and it is rent !

And Samuel saith unto him, `Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to- day, and given it to thy neighbour who is better than thou ;

and also , the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent , for He ` is ' not a man to be penitent . '

And he saith , ` I have sinned ; now, honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me ; and I have bowed myself to Jehovah thy God. '

And Samuel turneth back after Saul , and Saul boweth himself to Jehovah;

and Samuel saith , ` Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,' and Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith , ` Surely the bitterness of death hath turned aside . '

And Samuel saith , ` As thy sword bereaved women -- so is thy mother bereaved above women ;' and Samuel heweth Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

And Samuel goeth to Ramath, and Saul hath gone unto his house -- to Gibeah of Saul.

And Samuel hath not added to see Saul till the day of his death , for Samuel mourned for Saul , and Jehovah repented that He had caused Saul to reign over Israel.