15:1 And Samuel said to Saul, Yehovah sent
me to anoint thee king over Israel: and now hear the voice of Yehovah.
15:2 Thus said Yehovah of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalec
did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt.
15:3 And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalec and Hierim and all that belongs
to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt
utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to [destruction],
and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man
and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.
15:4 And Saul summoned the people, and he numbered them in Galgala, four
hundred thousand regular troops, and Judah thirty thousand regular troops.
15:5 And Saul came to the cities of Amalec, and laid wait in the valley.
15:6 And Saul said to the Kinite, Go, and depart out of the midst of the
Amalekites, lest I put thee with them; for thou dealedst mercifully with the
children of Israel when they went up out of Egypt. So the Kinite departed
from the midst of Amalec.
15:7 And Saul smote Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt.
15:8 And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive, and he slew all the people
and Hierim with the edge of the sword.
15:9 And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the
flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all
the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and
refuse thing they destroyed.
15:10 And the word of Yehovah came to Samuel, saying,
15:11 I have repented that I have made Saul to be king: for he has turned
back from following me, and has not kept my word. And Samuel was grieved,
and cried to Yehovah all night.
15:12 And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning, and it
was told Saul, saying, Samuel has come to Carmel, and he has raised up help
for himself: and he turned his chariot, and came down to Galgala to Saul;
and, behold, he was offering up a whole-burnt-offering to Yehovah, the
chief of the spoils which he brought out of Amalec.
15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed [art] thou of
Yehovah: I have performed all that Yehovah said.
15:14 And Samuel said, What then [is] the bleating of this flock in my ears,
and the sound of the oxen which I hear?
15:15 And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalec, that which the
people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it
might be sacrificed to Yehovah thy Elohim, and the rest have I utterly
destroyed.
15:16 And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what Yehovah has
said to me this night: and he said to him, Say on.
15:17 And Samuel said to Saul, Art thou not little in his eyes, [though] a
leader of one of the tribes of Israel? and [yet] Yehovah anointed thee to
be king over Israel.
15:18 And Yehovah sent thee on a journey, and said to thee, Go, and utterly
destroy: thou shalt slay the sinners against me, [even] the Amalekites; and
thou shalt war against them until thou have consumed them.
15:19 And why didst not thou hearken to the voice of Yehovah, but didst
haste to fasten upon the spoils, and didst that which was evil in the sight
of Yehovah?
15:20 And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the
people: yet I went the way by which Yehovah sent me, and I brought Agag the
king of Amalec, and I destroyed Amalec.
15:21 But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds [out] of
that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before Yehovah our Elohim in Galgal.
15:22 And Samuel said, Does Yehovah take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings
and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of Yehovah? behold, obedience [is]
better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.
15:23 For sin is [as] divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because
thou hast rejected the word of Yehovah, Yehovah also shall reject thee
from being king over Israel.
15:24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed
the word of Yehovah and thy direction; for I feared the people, and I
hearkened to their voice.
15:25 And now remove, I pray thee, my sin, and turn back with me, and I will
worship Yehovah thy Elohim.
15:26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with thee, for thou hast
rejected the word of Yehovah, and Yehovah will reject thee from being king
over Israel.
15:27 And Samuel turned his face to depart, and Saul caught hold of the
skirt of his garment, and tore it.
15:28 And Samuel said to him, Yehovah has rent thy kingdom from Israel out
of thy hand this day, and will give it to thy neighbour who is better than
thou.
15:29 And Israel shall be divided to two: and [Elohim] will not turn nor
repent, for he is not as a man to repent.
15:30 And Saul said, I have sinned; yet honour me, I pray thee, before the
elders of Israel, and before my people; and turn back with me, and I will
worship Yehovah thy Elohim.
15:31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and he worshipped Yehovah.
15:32 And Samuel said, Bring me Agag the king of Amalec: and Agag came to
him trembling; and Agag said Is death thus bitter?
15:33 And Samuel said to Agag, As thy sword has bereaved women of their
children, so shall thy mother be made childless among women: and Samuel slew
Agag before Yehovah in Galgal.
15:34 And Samuel departed to Armathaim, and Saul went up to his house at
Gabaa.
15:35 And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for
Samuel mourned after Saul, and Yehovah repented that he had made Saul king
over Israel. |
15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, Yehovah
sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now
therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of Yehovah.
15:2 Thus saith Yehovah 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.
15:3 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.
15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two
hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
15:6 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.
15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur,
that is over against Egypt.
15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly
destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
15:9 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.
15:10 Then came the word of Yehovah unto Samuel, saying,
15:11 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 Yehovah all night.
15:12 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.
15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of
Yehovah: I have performed the commandment of Yehovah.
15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine
ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
15:15 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
Yehovah thy Elohim; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what Yehovah
hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou
not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and Yehovah anointed thee king
over Israel?
15:18 And Yehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy
the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Yehovah, but didst
fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of Yehovah?
15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Yehovah,
and have gone the way which Yehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king
of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto Yehovah
thy Elohim in Gilgal.
15:22 And Samuel said, Hath Yehovah as great delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yehovah? Behold, to obey is better
than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as
iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of Yehovah, he
hath also rejected thee from being king.
15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the
commandment of Yehovah, and thy words: because I feared the people, and
obeyed their voice.
15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me,
that I may worship Yehovah.
15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast
rejected the word of Yehovah, and Yehovah hath rejected thee from being
king over Israel.
15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of
his mantle, and it rent.
15:28 And Samuel said unto him, Yehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel
from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better
than thou.
15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not
a man, that he should repent.
15:30 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 Yehovah thy Elohim.
15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Yehovah.
15:32 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.
15:33 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
Yehovah in Gilgal.
15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of
Saul.
15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:
nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yehovah repented that he had made
Saul king over Israel. |