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And Samuel said to▵ Saul, Jehovah sent me to anoint thee to be king over His people, over Israel; and now hearken to the voice of the words of Jehovah.
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Thus says Jehovah of Armies, I will visit that which Amalek did to Israel, how▫ he set an ambush for him on◦ the way, when he came··up from Egypt.
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Now go and smite Amalek, and doom all that he has◦, and pity him not, but put··to··death from a man◦ even··to a woman, from a babe and even··to a nursing infant, from an ox and even··to a sheep◦, from a camel and even··to a donkey.
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And Saul caused the people to hear this, and mustered them in Telaim two··hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men◦ of Judah.
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And Saul came to◦ a city of Amalek and set··an··ambush in the gully.
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And Saul said to▵ the Kenite, Go, remove thyself, come··down from the midst of the Amalekite, lest I gather thee with him, and thou◦ didst mercy with all the sons of Israel, when they came··up from Egypt. And the Kenite removed himself from the midst of Amalek.
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And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is before Egypt.
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And he caught··hold of Agag the king of Amalek, alive, and all the people he doomed to the mouth of the sword.
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But Saul and the people spared◦ Agag, and the best of the flock and of the herd, and of the second sort*, and the rams▫, and all that was good, and were· not ·willing to doom them; but every thing* despised and worthless, it they doomed.
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And the word of Jehovah was to▵ Samuel, saying,
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I repent that for a king I made· Saul ·king, for he has turned··back from following after Me, and My words he has not performed◦. And Samuel was··incensed, and he cried to▵ Jehovah all the night.
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And Samuel got··up··early to meet Saul in the morning, and it was··told Samuel, saying, Saul has come to Carmel, and, behold, he has set··up a place* for himself, and has turned··around and passed··on, and gone··down to Gilgal.
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And Samuel came to▵ Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou◦ of◦ Jehovah, I have performed◦ the word of Jehovah.
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And Samuel said, And what is this voice of the flock in my ears, and the voice of the cattle which I▵ hear?
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And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites, that the people spared◦ the best of the flock and the cattle in··order··to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and what remained we doomed.
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And Samuel said to▵ Saul, Let··go, and I will tell thee what Jehovah spoke to▵ me tonight. And he said to him, Speak.
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And Samuel said, When▫ thou◦ wast little◦ in thine own eyes, wast thou◦ not head of the tribes◦ of Israel, and Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel?
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And Jehovah sent thee on a way, and said, Go and doom the sinners, Amalek, and fight against him until they be all··consumed.
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And why didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, but didst swoop on the spoil, and didst this◦ evil in the eyes of Jehovah?
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And Saul said unto▵ Samuel, But I have hearkened to▵ the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag, the king of Amalek, and have··doomed Amalek.
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But the people took of the spoil, of the flock and herd, the best* of what was doomed*, to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.
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And Samuel said, Has◦ Jehovah delight in burnt··offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to attend than the fat of rams.
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For the sin of divination* is rebellion, and iniquity◦ and teraphim are an obsession. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also has rejected thee from being king.
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And Saul said to▵ Samuel, I have sinned, for I have passed··by the command of the mouth of Jehovah and thy words, for I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
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And now, I pray◦ thee, bear with my sin, and turn··back with me, and I will worship Jehovah.
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And Samuel said unto▵ Saul, I will not turn··back with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah has rejected thee from being king over Israel.
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And Samuel turned··around to go, and Saul held· the wing of his mantle ·firmly, and it ripped.
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And Samuel said to▵ him, Jehovah has rent the kingdom of Israel from thee today, and has given her to thy companion, who is better than thou◦.
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And also the Victory of Israel will not do··falsely nor repent; for He◦ is not man, to repent.
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And he said, I have sinned now; yet honor◦ me now◦ in··the··presence··of the elders of my people, and in··the··presence··of Israel, and turn··back with me, and I will worship Jehovah thy God.
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And Samuel turned··back after Saul, and Saul worshipped Jehovah.
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And Samuel said, Present Agag, the king of Amalek, to▵ me. And Agag went to▵ him with pleasure. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is removed.
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And Samuel said, As◦ thy sword has bereaved women, so shall thy mother be bereaved among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.
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And Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went··up to▵ his house to Gibeah of Saul.
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And Samuel saw Saul no◦ more until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for◦ Saul; and Jehovah repented that He had made Saul to reign over Israel.
