1 Samuel 15:16-24

Then Samuel
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said
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unto Saul
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Stay
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and I will tell
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thee what the LORD
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hath said
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to me this night
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And he said
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unto him, Say on
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And Samuel
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said
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When thou [wast] little
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in thine own sight
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[wast] thou not [made] the head
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of the tribes
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of Israel
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and the LORD
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anointed
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thee king
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over Israel
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And the LORD
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sent
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thee on a journey
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and said
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Go
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and utterly destroy
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the sinners
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the Amalekites
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and fight
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against them until they be consumed
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Wherefore then didst thou not obey
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the voice
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of the LORD
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but didst fly
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upon the spoil
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and didst
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evil
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in the sight
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of the LORD
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And Saul
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said
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unto Samuel
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Yea, I have obeyed
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the voice
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of the LORD
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and have gone
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the way
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which the LORD
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sent
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me, and have brought
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Agag
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the king
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of Amalek
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and have utterly destroyed
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the Amalekites
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But the people
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took
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of the spoil
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sheep
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and oxen
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the chief
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of the things which should have been utterly destroyed
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to sacrifice
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unto the LORD
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thy God
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in Gilgal
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And Samuel
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said
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Hath the LORD
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[as great] delight
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in burnt offerings
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and sacrifices
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as in obeying
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the voice
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of the LORD
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Behold, to obey
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[is] better
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than sacrifice
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[and] to hearken
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than the fat
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of rams
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For rebellion
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[is as] the sin
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of witchcraft
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and stubbornness
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[is as] iniquity
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and idolatry
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Because thou hast rejected
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the word
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of the LORD
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he hath also rejected
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thee from [being] king
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And Saul
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said
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unto Samuel
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I have sinned
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for I have transgressed
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the commandment
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of the LORD
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and thy words
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because I feared
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the people
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and obeyed
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their voice
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