1 Samuel 15:14-35

And Samuel
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said
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What [meaneth] then this bleating
<06963>

of the sheep
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in mine ears
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and the lowing
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of the oxen
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which I hear
<08085> (8802)_?

And Saul
<07586>

said
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They have brought
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them from the Amalekites
<06003>_:

for the people
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spared
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the best
<04315>

of the sheep
<06629>

and of the oxen
<01241>_,

to sacrifice
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unto the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_;

and the rest
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we have utterly destroyed
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Then Samuel
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said
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unto Saul
<07586>_,

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
<03915>_.

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
<03478>_,

and the LORD
<03068>

anointed
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thee king
<04428>

over Israel
<03478>_?

And the LORD
<03068>

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
<02400>

the Amalekites
<06002>_,

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
<03068>_,

but didst fly
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upon the spoil
<07998>_,

and didst
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evil
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in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_?

And Saul
<07586>

said
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unto Samuel
<08050>_,

Yea, I have obeyed
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the voice
<06963>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and have gone
<03212> (8799)

the way
<01870>

which the LORD
<03068>

sent
<07971> (8804)

me, and have brought
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Agag
<090>

the king
<04428>

of Amalek
<06002>_,

and have utterly destroyed
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the Amalekites
<06002>_.

But the people
<05971>

took
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of the spoil
<07998>_,

sheep
<06629>

and oxen
<01241>_,

the chief
<07225>

of the things which should have been utterly destroyed
<02764>_,

to sacrifice
<02076> (8800)

unto the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>

in Gilgal
<01537>_.

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Hath the LORD
<03068>

[as great] delight
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in burnt offerings
<05930>

and sacrifices
<02077>_,

as in obeying
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the voice
<06963>

of the LORD
<03068>_?

Behold, to obey
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[is] better
<02896>

than sacrifice
<02077>_,

[and] to hearken
<07181> (8687)

than the fat
<02459>

of rams
<0352>_.

For rebellion
<04805>

[is as] the sin
<02403>

of witchcraft
<07081>_,

and stubbornness
<06484> (8687)

[is as] iniquity
<0205>

and idolatry
<08655>_.

Because thou hast rejected
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the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

he hath also rejected
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thee from [being] king
<04428>_.

And Saul
<07586>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Samuel
<08050>_,

I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_:

for I have transgressed
<05674> (8804)

the commandment
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and thy words
<01697>_:

because I feared
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the people
<05971>_,

and obeyed
<08085> (8799)

their voice
<06963>_.

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon
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my sin
<02403>_,

and turn again
<07725> (8798)

with me, that I may worship
<07812> (8691)

the LORD
<03068>_.

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Saul
<07586>_,

I will not return
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with thee: for thou hast rejected
<03988> (8804)

the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and the LORD
<03068>

hath rejected
<03988> (8799)

thee from being king
<04428>

over Israel
<03478>_.

And as Samuel
<08050>

turned about
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to go away
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he laid hold
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upon the skirt
<03671>

of his mantle
<04598>_,

and it rent
<07167> (8735)_.

And Samuel
<08050>

said
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unto him, The LORD
<03068>

hath rent
<07167> (8804)

the kingdom
<04468>

of Israel
<03478>

from thee this day
<03117>_,

and hath given
<05414> (8804)

it to a neighbour
<07453>

of thine, [that is] better
<02896>

And also the Strength
<05331>

of Israel
<03478>

will not lie
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nor repent
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for he [is] not a man
<0120>_,

that he should repent
<05162> (8736)_.

Then he said
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I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_:

[yet] honour
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me now, I pray thee, before the elders
<02205>

of my people
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and before Israel
<03478>_,

and turn again
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with me, that I may worship
<07812> (8694)

the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_.

So Samuel
<08050>

turned again
<07725> (8799)

after
<0310>

Saul
<07586>_;

and Saul
<07586>

worshipped
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the LORD
<03068>_.

Then said
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Samuel
<08050>_,

Bring ye hither
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to me Agag
<090>

the king
<04428>

of the Amalekites
<06002>_.

And Agag
<090>

came
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unto him delicately
<04574>_.

And Agag
<090>

said
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Surely
<0403>

the bitterness
<04751>

of death
<04194>

is past
<05493> (8804)_.

And Samuel
<08050>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

As thy sword
<02719>

hath made women
<0802>

childless
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so shall thy mother
<0517>

be childless
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among women
<0802>_.

And Samuel
<08050>

hewed
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Agag
<090>

in pieces
<08158> (8762)

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>

in Gilgal
<01537>_.

Then Samuel
<08050>

went
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to Ramah
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and Saul
<07586>

went up
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to his house
<01004>

to Gibeah
<01390>

of Saul
<07586>_.

And Samuel
<08050>

came no more
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to see
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Saul
<07586>

until the day
<03117>

of his death
<04194>_:

nevertheless
<03588>

Samuel
<08050>

mourned
<056> (8694)

for Saul
<07586>_:

and the LORD
<03068>

repented
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that he had made Saul
<07586>

king
<04427> (8689)

over Israel
<03478>_.