<vn='1'><sn="8050">Samuel</s> also <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7971">sent</s> me to <sn="4886">anoint</s> thee to be <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> his <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="6258">now</s> therefore <sn="8085">hearken</s> thou unto the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, I <sn="6485">remember</s> that <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">which</s><sn="6002">Amalek</s><sn="6213">did</s> to <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">how</s> he <sn="7760">laid</s> wait for him in the <sn="1870">way</s>, when he came <sn="5927">up</s> from <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="6258">Now</s><sn="1980">go</s> and <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6002">Amalek</s>, and utterly <sn="2763">destroy</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> they have, and <sn="2550 5921">spare</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>; but <sn="4191">slay</s> both <sn="4480 376">man</s><sn="5704">and</s><sn="802">woman</s>, <sn="*4480 5768">infant</s> and <sn="3243">suckling</s>, <sn="*4480 7794">ox</s> and <sn="7716">sheep</s>, <sn="*4480 1581">camel</s> and <sn="2543">ass</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s> gathered the people <sn="8085 *853 5971">together</s>, and <sn="6485">numbered</s> them in <sn="2923">Telaim</s>, two <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="7273">footmen</s>, and <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">to</s> a <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="6002">Amalek</s>, and laid <sn="693">wait</s> in the <sn="5158">valley</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="7017">Kenites</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="5493">depart</s>, get you <sn="3381">down</s> from <sn="4480 8432">among</s> the <sn="6002">Amalekites</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> I <sn="622">destroy</s> you <sn="5973">with</s> them: for <sn="859">ye</s><sn="6213">showed</s><sn="2617">kindness</s><sn="5973">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, when they came <sn="5927">up</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>. So the <sn="7017">Kenites</s><sn="5493">departed</s> from <sn="4480 8432">among</s> the <sn="6003">Amalekites</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6002">Amalekites</s> from <sn="4480 2341">Havilah</s> until thou <sn="935">comest</s> to <sn="7793">Shur</s>, <sn="834">that</s> is <sn="5921">over</s><sn="6440">against</s><sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And he <sn="8610">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="90">Agag</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="6002">Amalekites</s><sn="2416">alive</s>, and utterly <sn="2763">destroyed</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> with the <sn="6310">edge</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>But <sn="7586">Saul</s> and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="2550 5921">spared</s><sn="90">Agag</s>, and the <sn="4315">best</s> of the <sn="6629">sheep</s>, and of the <sn="1241">oxen</s>, and of the <sn="4932">fatlings</s>, and the <sn="3733">lambs</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> that was <sn="2896">good</s>, and <sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s> utterly <sn="2763">destroy</s> them: but <sn="3605">every</s><sn="4399">thing</s> that was <sn="5240">vile</s> and <sn="4549">refuse</s>, that they destroyed <sn="2763">utterly</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Then <sn="1961">came</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='11'>It repenteth <sn="5162">me</s><sn="3588">that</s> I have set <sn="4427">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7586">Saul</s> to be <sn="4428">king</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he is turned <sn="7725">back</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> me, and hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6965">performed</s> my <sn="1697">commandments</s>. And it <sn="2734">grieved</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>; and he <sn="2199">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3915">night</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And when <sn="8050">Samuel</s> rose <sn="7925">early</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3760">Carmel</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, he set him <sn="5324">up</s> a <sn="3027">place</s>, and is gone <sn="5437">about</s>, and passed <sn="5674">on</s>, and gone <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>: and <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be <sn="859">thou</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: I have <sn="6965">performed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">commandment</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> meaneth then <sn="2088">this</s><sn="6963">bleating</s> of the <sn="6629">sheep</s> in mine <sn="241">ears</s>, and the <sn="6963">lowing</s> of the <sn="1241">oxen</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="8085">hear</s>? </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s>, They have <sn="935">brought</s> them from the <sn="4480 6003">Amalekites</s>: <sn="834">for</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="2550 5921">spared</s> the <sn="4315">best</s> of the <sn="6629">sheep</s> and of the <sn="1241">oxen</s>, to <sn="4616 2076">sacrifice</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>; and the <sn="3498">rest</s> we have utterly <sn="2763">destroyed</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Then <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, <sn="7503">Stay</s>, and I will <sn="5046">tell</s> thee <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">to</s> me this <sn="3915">night</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Say <sn="1696">on</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="518">When</s><sn="859">thou</s> wast <sn="6996">little</s> in thine own <sn="5869">sight</s>, wast <sn="859">thou</s><sn="3808">not</s> made the <sn="7218">head</s> of the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="4886">anointed</s> thee <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='18'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7971">sent</s> thee on a <sn="1870">journey</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s> and utterly <sn="2763">destroy</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2400">sinners</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6002">Amalekites</s>, and <sn="3898">fight</s> against them <sn="5704">until</s> they be <sn="3615">consumed</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="4100">Wherefore</s> then didst thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">obey</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, but didst <sn="5860">fly</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s>, and <sn="6213">didst</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="834">Yea</s>, I have <sn="8085">obeyed</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and have <sn="1980">gone</s> the <sn="1870">way</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7971">sent</s> me, and have <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="90">Agag</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6002">Amalek</s>, and have utterly <sn="2763">destroyed</s> the <sn="6002">Amalekites</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>But the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3947">took</s> of the <sn="4480 7998">spoil</s>, <sn="6629">sheep</s> and <sn="1241">oxen</s>, the <sn="7225">chief</s> of the things which should have been utterly <sn="2764">destroyed</s>, to <sn="2076">sacrifice</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> in <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s>, Hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s> as great <sn="2656">delight</s> in burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> and <sn="2077">sacrifices</s>, as in <sn="8085">obeying</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? <sn="2009">Behold</s>, to <sn="8085">obey</s> is <sn="2896">better</s> than <sn="4480 2077">sacrifice</s>, and to <sn="7181">hearken</s> than the <sn="4480 2459">fat</s> of <sn="352">rams</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="4805">rebellion</s> is as the <sn="2403">sin</s> of <sn="7081">witchcraft</s>, and <sn="6484">stubbornness</s> is as <sn="205">iniquity</s> and <sn="8655">idolatry</s>. <sn="3282">Because</s> thou hast <sn="3988">rejected</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, he hath also <sn="3988">rejected</s> thee from being <sn="4480 4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, I have <sn="2398">sinned</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I have <sn="5674">transgressed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6310">commandment</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and thy <sn="1697">words</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> I <sn="3372">feared</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="8085">obeyed</s> their <sn="6963">voice</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="5375">pardon</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="2403">sin</s>, and turn <sn="7725">again</s><sn="5973">with</s> me, that I may <sn="7812">worship</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">return</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee: <sn="3588">for</s> thou hast <sn="3988">rejected</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="3988">rejected</s> thee from <sn="4480 1961">being</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And as <sn="8050">Samuel</s> turned <sn="5437">about</s> to go <sn="1980">away</s>, he laid <sn="2388">hold</s> upon the <sn="3671">skirt</s> of his <sn="4598">mantle</s>, and it <sn="7167">rent</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4468">kingdom</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> thee this <sn="3117">day</s>, and hath <sn="5414">given</s> it to a <sn="7453">neighbor</s> of thine, that is <sn="2896">better</s><sn="4480">than</s> thou. </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="1571">also</s> the <sn="5331">Strength</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8266">lie</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="5162">repent</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he is <sn="3808">not</s> a <sn="120">man</s>, that <sn="1931">he</s> should <sn="5162">repent</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>Then he <sn="559">said</s>, I have <sn="2398">sinned</s>: yet <sn="3513">honor</s> me <sn="6258">now</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="5048">before</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="5048">before</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and turn <sn="7725">again</s><sn="5973">with</s> me, that I may <sn="7812">worship</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>So <sn="8050">Samuel</s> turned <sn="7725">again</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>; and <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="7812">worshiped</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, Bring ye <sn="5066">hither</s><sn="413">to</s> me <sn="*853"></s><sn="90">Agag</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="6002">Amalekites</s>. And <sn="90">Agag</s><sn="1980">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="4574">delicately</s>. And <sn="90">Agag</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="403">Surely</s> the <sn="4751">bitterness</s> of <sn="4194">death</s> is <sn="5493">past</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="834">As</s> thy <sn="2719">sword</s> hath made <sn="802">women</s><sn="7921">childless</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> shall thy <sn="517">mother</s> be <sn="7921">childless</s> among <sn="4480 802">women</s>. And <sn="8050">Samuel</s> hewed Agag in <sn="8158 *853 90">pieces</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>Then <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7414">Ramah</s>; and <sn="7586">Saul</s> went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="1004">house</s> to <sn="1390">Gibeah</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s> came <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s> to <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of his <sn="4194">death</s>: <sn="3588">nevertheless</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="56">mourned</s><sn="413">for</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>: and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5162">repented</s><sn="3588">that</s> he had made Saul <sn="4427 *853 7586">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>