1 Samuel
1 Samuel 15
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1 Samuel 15 — Scripture text (King James Version)
also said unto , The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over : now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which did to , how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from . Now go and smite , and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, and , and ass. And gathered the people together, and numbered them in , two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of . And came to a city of , and laid wait in the valley. And said unto the , Go, depart, get you down from among the , lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of , when they came up out of . So the departed from among the . And smote the from until thou comest to , that is over against . And he took the king of the alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the . But and the people spared , and the best of the , 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. Then came of the LORD unto , saying, It repenteth me that I have set up to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved ; and he cried unto the LORD all night. And when rose early to meet in the morning, it was told , saying, came to , and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed , and gone down to . And came to : and said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. And said, What meaneth then this bleating of the in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? And said, They have brought them from the : for the people spared the best of the and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. Then said unto , Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say . And said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of , and the LORD anointed thee king over ? And the LORD sent thee a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the , and fight against them until they be consumed. Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? And said unto , Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought the king of , and have utterly destroyed the . But the people took of the spoil, and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in . And said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and . Because thou hast rejected of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. And said unto , I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. And said unto , I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over . And as turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. And said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. And also the Strength of will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before , and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. So turned again after ; and worshipped the LORD. Then said , Bring ye hither to me the king of the . And came unto him delicately. And said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. And said, As thy hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And hewed in pieces before the LORD in . Then went to ; and went up to his house to of . And came no more to see until the day of his death: nevertheless mourned for : and the LORD repented that he had made king over .