Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
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:
Samuel also
said
unto Saul, The
LORD
sent
me to anoint thee to
be
king over his people, over Israel :
now therefore
hearken thou
unto
the voice of the words of the
LORD.
`
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.
Thus saith
the
LORD
of hosts, I remember
that which Amalek did to Israel, how
he laid wait
for him in the way ,
when
he
came
up from
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. '
Now go and smite
Amalek, and utterly
destroy
all that they
have
, and spare
them
not;
but
slay
both
man and
woman, infant and
suckling, ox and
sheep, camel and
ass.
And Saul summoneth
the people, and inspecteth
them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand `are'
men of Judah.
And Saul gathered
the people together
, and numbered
them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
And Saul cometh
in
unto
a city of Amalek, and layeth
wait in a
valley ;
And Saul came
to
a city of Amalek, and laid
wait in the
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 said
unto the Kenites
, Go, depart
, get
you
down from among
the Amalekites
, lest I destroy
you
with them:
for
ye
showed
kindness to
all the children
of Israel, when
they
came
up out of Egypt .
So
the Kenites
departed
from among
the Amalekites
.
And Saul smiteth
Amalek
from Havilah --
thy
going
in
to Shur, which
`
is '
on
the
front
of
Egypt ,
And Saul smote
the
Amalekites
from Havilah until
thou
comest
to Shur, that
is over
against
Egypt .
and he catcheth
Agag king of Amalek
alive, and all the people he
hath
devoted
by
the mouth
of the sword ;
And he took
Agag the
king of the
Amalekites
alive, and utterly
destroyed
all the people with
the edge
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
.
But
Saul and
the people spared
Agag, and the best of the sheep
, and of the oxen
, and of the fatlings
, and the lambs, and all that was
good, and would
not utterly
destroy
them :
but
every
thing
that
was
vile
and refuse
, that
they destroyed
utterly
.
And
the word of Jehovah
is
unto Samuel, saying,
Then
came
the word of the
LORD
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.
It
repenteth
me
that I have
set
up
Saul to be
king :
for he is
turned back from following
me, and hath not performed my
commandments.
And it grieved
Samuel ;
and he cried
unto the LORD
all
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 when
Samuel rose
early to meet Saul in the morning, it was
told
Samuel, saying, Saul came
to Carmel, and, behold,
he set
him
up a place
, and is
gone
about
, and passed
on
, and gone
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 came
to
Saul :
and Saul said
unto
him, Blessed be
thou of the
LORD:
I have performed the commandment
of the
LORD
.
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 Samuel said
, What meaneth
then
this bleating
of
the
sheep
in mine ears ,
and the lowing
of the oxen
which I hear
?
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 Saul said
, They have brought them from
the Amalekites:
for
the
people spared
the best of the sheep
and of the oxen
, to sacrifice unto
the
LORD
thy God ;
and the rest
we have utterly
destroyed
.
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
. '
Then
Samuel said
unto Saul, Stay
, and I will
tell
thee what
the
LORD
hath said
to me
this
night .
And he said
unto
him, Say
on
.
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 Samuel said
, When
thou wast
little in thine own sight
, wast
thou
not
made
the
head of the tribes of Israel ,
and the
LORD
anointed
thee 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 the LORD
sent
thee
on
a
journey
, and said
, Go and utterly
destroy
the sinners the Amalekites
, and fight
against them until
they be
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
? '
Wherefore
then
didst
thou not obey
the voice of the
LORD,
but
didst
fly upon
the spoil, and didst
evil in the sight
of the
LORD
?
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 Saul said
unto Samuel, Yea,
I have obeyed
the voice of the
LORD
, and have
gone
the way which the
LORD
sent me, and have
brought
Agag the
king of Amalek, and have utterly
destroyed
the
Amalekites.
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. '
But
the people took
of the spoil ,
sheep
and oxen
, the chief
of the things
which
should
have
been
utterly
destroyed
, to sacrifice
unto
the
LORD
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 ;
And Samuel said
, Hath the
LORD
as
great
delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices ,
as in obeying
the voice of the
LORD
? Behold
, to
obey
is better than
sacrifice,
and
to hearken
than the
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. '
For rebellion
is
as
the
sin of witchcraft
, and stubbornness
is
as
iniquity and idolatry.
Because thou hast rejected the word of the
LORD
, he hath
also rejected
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 Saul said
unto Samuel, I have sinned :
for I have
transgressed
the commandment
of the
LORD
, and thy words :
because I feared the people, and
obeyed
their voice .
and
now ,
bear
, I pray thee, with
my sin, and turn back
with me, and
I bow
myself
to
Jehovah
. '
Now therefore
, I pray thee, pardon
my sin, and turn again
with me, that
I may
worship
the
LORD
.
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 said
unto Saul, I will
not return
with thee :
for thou hast rejected the word of the
LORD
, and the
LORD
hath
rejected
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 as
Samuel turned
about
to go away
, he laid
hold upon
the skirt of his mantle,
and it 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 Samuel said
unto him, The
LORD
hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this
day, and hath
given it to a
neighbor
of
thine,
that
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 also the Strength
of Israel will
not lie nor repent :
for he is not a man ,
that
he
should
repent
.
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. '
Then
he said
, I have sinned :
yet
honor
me now
, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again
with me ,
that
I may
worship
the
LORD
thy God.
And
Samuel turneth
back
after Saul ,
and Saul boweth
himself
to
Jehovah;
So
Samuel turned
again
after Saul ;
and Saul worshipped
the
LORD.
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
. '
Then
said
Samuel, Bring ye hither
to
me Agag the
king of the
Amalekites.
And Agag came
unto him delicately.
And Agag said
, Surely the bitterness of death is
past
.
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 said
, As the
sword hath
made
women childless,
so shall
thy mother be
childless
among
women .
And Samuel hewed
Agag in pieces before the
LORD
in Gilgal.
And
Samuel goeth
to Ramath,
and Saul hath
gone
unto
his house --
to Gibeah of Saul.
Then
Samuel went
to Ramah;
and Saul went
up
to
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.
And Samuel came
no
more
to see Saul until
the day of his death :
nevertheless
Samuel mourned for Saul :
and the
LORD
repented that he had made
Saul king
over Israel.
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