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The LORD YHWH Rejects Saul as King...
1.
And Shemu`el said to Sha`ul, ` YHWH sent me to anoint you sovereign over His people, over Yisra`el. And now, listen to the voice of the words of YHWH.
Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee [to be] king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
2.
'Thus said YHWH of hosts, 'I shall punish Amaleq for what he did to Yisra'el, how he set himself against him on the way when he came up from Mitsrayim.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember [that] which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid [wait] for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
3.
'Now go, and you shall smite Amaleq and put under the ban all that he has, and you shall not spare them, and put to death from man to woman, from infant to nursing child, from ox to sheep, from camel to donkey.''
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
4.
Then Sha'ul summoned the people and mustered them in Tela'im, two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Yehudah.
And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5.
And Sha'ul came to a city of Amaleq, and lay in wait in the wadi.
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
6.
And Sha'ul said to the Qeynites, 'Go, turn aside, come down from among the Amaleqites, lest I destroy you with them. For you did show kindness to all the children of Yisra'el when they came up out of Mitsrayim.' So the Qeynites turned aside from the midst of the Amaleqites.
And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7.
And Sha'ul smote the Amaleqites, from Hawilah all the way to Shur, which is before Mitsrayim.
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.
8.
And he caught Agag sovereign of the Amaleqites alive, and put under the ban all the people with the edge of the sword.
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9.
But Sha'ul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, and the cattle, and the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not put them under the ban. But all goods despised and worthless, that they put under the ban.
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, 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.
10.
And the word of YHWH came to Shemu'el, saying,
Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
11.
'I am grieved that I have set up Sha'ul as sovereign, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My words.' And it displeased Shemu'el, and he cried to YHWH all night.
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
12.
And Shemu'el rose early in the morning to meet Sha'ul, and it was told to Shemu'el, saying, 'Sha'ul went to Karmel, and see, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and passed over, and went down to Gilgal.'
And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
13.
And Shemu'el came to Sha'ul, and Sha'ul said to him, 'Blessed are you of YHWH! I have performed the word of YHWH.'
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
14.
But Shemu'el said, 'What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear?'
And Samuel said, What [meaneth] then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
15.
And Sha'ul said, 'They have brought them from Amaleq, because the people spared the best of the sheep and the cattle, to slaughter to YHWH your Elohim. And the rest we have put under the ban.'
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
16.
And Shemu'el said to Sha'ul, 'Wait, and let me declare to you what YHWH said to me last night.' And he said to him, 'Speak.'
Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
17.
And Shemu'el said, 'Though you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Yisra'el? And did not YHWH anoint you sovereign over Yisra'el?
And Samuel said, When thou [wast] little in thine own sight, [wast] thou not [made] the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
18.
'And YHWH sent you on the way, and said, 'Go, and you shall put under the ban the sinners, the Amaleqites, and fight against them until they are consumed.'
And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
19.
'And why did you not obey the voice of YHWH, but swooped down on the spoil, and did evil in the eyes of YHWH?'
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?
20.
And Sha'ul said to Shemu'el, 'I did obey the voice of YHWH, and I went on the way on which YHWH sent me, and brought back Agag sovereign of Amaleq, and I put Amaleq under the ban.
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21.
'But the people took of the spoil, of the sheep and cattle, the best of that which should have been put under the ban, to slaughter to YHWH your Elohim in Gilgal.'
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
22.
Then Shemu'el said, 'Does YHWH delight in burnt offerings and slaughterings, as in obeying the voice of YHWH? Look, to obey is better than an offering, to heed is better than the fat of rams.
And Samuel 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.
23.
'For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of YHWH, He also does reject you as sovereign.'
For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king.
24.
And Sha'ul said to Shemu'el, 'I have sinned, for I have transgressed the command of YHWH and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25.
'And now, please pardon my sin, and return with me, and let me bow myself to YHWH.'
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
26.
But Shemu'el said to Sha'ul, 'I do not return with you, for you have rejected the word of YHWH, and YHWH does reject you from being sovereign over Yisra'el.'
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
27.
And as Shemu'el turned around to go away, Sha'ul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
28.
And Shemu'el said to him, ' YHWH has torn the reign of Yisra'el from you today, and has given it to a neighbour of yours, better than you.
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou.
29.
'Moreover, the Eminence of Yisra'el does not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.'
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.
30.
Then he said, 'I have sinned. But esteem me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Yisra'el, and return with me, and I shall bow myself to YHWH your Elohim.'
Then he said, I have sinned: [yet] honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
31.
And Shemu'el turned back after Sha'ul, and Sha'ul bowed himself to YHWH.
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
32.
And Shemu'el said, 'Bring Agag sovereign of the Amaleqites here to me.' So Agag came to him delightedly, and Agag said, 'Truly, the bitterness of death has turned aside.'
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
33.
And Shemu'el said, 'As your sword bereaved women, let your mother be bereaved among women too.' Shemu'el then hewed Agag to pieces before YHWH in Gilgal.
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
34.
And Shemu'el went to Ramah, while Sha'ul went up to his house at Gib'ah of Sha'ul.
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35.
And Shemu'el did not see Sha'ul again until the day of his death, for Shemu'el mourned for Sha'ul. And YHWH was grieved that He had made Sha'ul to reign over Yisra'el.
And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
1 Samuel 15
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1 Samuel 15
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