Dual Panel1Then Samuel <08050> said <0559> to <0413> Saul <07586>, “I was the one the Lord <03068> sent <07971> to anoint <04886> you as king <04428> over <05921> his people <05971> Israel <03478>. Now <06258> listen <08085> to what the Lord <03068> says <01697> <06963>.
2Here is what <03541> the Lord <03068> of hosts <06635> says <0559>: ‘I carefully observed <06213> how <0834> the Amalekites <06002> opposed <07760> Israel <03478> along the way <01870> when <0834> Israel came up <05927> from Egypt <04714>.
3So go <01980> now <06258> and strike down <05221> the Amalekites <06002>. Destroy <02763> everything <03605> that <0834> they have. Don’t <03808> spare <02550> them. Put them to <05704> death <04191>– man <0376>, woman <0802>, child <05768>, infant <03243>, ox <07794>, sheep <07716>, camel <01581>, and donkey <02543> alike.’”
4So Saul <07586> assembled <08085> the army <05971> and mustered <06485> them at Telaim <02923>. There were 200,000 <0505> <03967> foot soldiers <07273> and 10,000 <0505> <06235> men <0376> of Judah <03063>.
5Saul <07586> proceeded <0935> to the city <05892> of Amalek <06002>, where he set an ambush <07378> in the wadi <05158>.
6Saul <07586> said <0559> to <0413> the Kenites <07017>, “Go <01980> on and leave <05493>! Go down <03381> from among <08432> the Amalekites <06003>! Otherwise <06435> I will sweep <0622> you away <0622> with <05973> them! After all, you <0859> were kind <02617> to <05973> all <03605> the Israelites <03478> <01121> when they came up <05927> from Egypt <04714>.” So the Kenites <07017> withdrew <05493> from among <08432> the Amalekites <06002>.
7Then Saul <07586> struck down <05221> the Amalekites <06002> all the way from Havilah <02341> to Shur <07793>, which <0834> is next to <06440> Egypt <04714>.
8He captured <08610> King <04428> Agag <090> of the Amalekites <06002> alive <02416>, but he executed <02763> all <03605> Agag’s people <05971> with the sword <02719>.
9However, Saul <07586> and the army <05971> spared <02550> Agag <090>, along with the best <04315> of the flock <06629>, the cattle <01241>, the fatlings <04932>, and the lambs <03733>, as well as everything <03605> else that was of value <02896>. They were not <03808> willing <014> to slaughter <02763> them. But they did slaughter <02763> everything <04399> <03605> that was despised <0959> and worthless <04549>.
10Then the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> Samuel <08050>:
11“I regret <05162> that <03588> I have made <04427> Saul <07586> king <04428>, for <03588> he has turned away <07725> from <0310> me and has not <03808> done <06965> what <01697> I told <01697> him to do.” Samuel <08050> became angry <02734> and he cried out <02199> to <0413> the Lord <03068> all <03605> that night <03915>.
12Then Samuel <08050> got up early <07925> to meet <07122> Saul <07586> the next morning <01242>. But Samuel <08050> was informed <05046>, “Saul <07586> has gone <0935> to Carmel <03760> where <02009> he is setting up <05324> a monument <03027> for himself. Then Samuel left <05674> <05437> and went down <03381> to Gilgal <01537>.”
13When Samuel <08050> came <0935> to <0413> him, Saul <07586> <07586> said <0559> to him, “May the Lord <03068> bless <01288> you <0859>! I have done <06965> what the Lord <03068> said <01697>.”
14Samuel <08050> replied <0559>, “If that is the case, then what <04100> is this <02088> sound <06963> of sheep <06629> in my ears <0241> and the sound <06963> of cattle <01241> that <0834> I <0595> hear <08085>?”
15Saul <07586> said <0559>, “They were brought <0935> from the Amalekites <06003>; the army <05971> spared <02550> the best <04315> of <05921> the flocks <06629> and cattle <01241> to <04616> sacrifice <02076> to the Lord <03068> our God <0430>. But everything else we slaughtered <02763>.”
16Then Samuel <08050> said <0559> to <0413> Saul <07586>, “Wait a minute <07503>! Let me tell <05046> you what <0834> the Lord <03068> said <01696> to <0413> me last night <03915>.” Saul said <0559> to him, “Tell <01696> me.”
17Samuel <08050> said <0559>, “Is it not <03808> true that when <0518> you were insignificant <06996> in your <0859> own eyes <05869>, you became head <07218> of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>? The Lord <03068> chose <04886> you <0859> as king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>.
18The Lord <03068> sent <07971> you on a campaign <01870> saying <0559>, ‘Go <01980> and exterminate <02763> those sinful <02400> Amalekites <06002>! Fight <03898> against them until <05704> you have destroyed <03615> them.’
19Why <04100> haven’t <03808> you obeyed <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068>? Instead you have greedily rushed <05860> upon <0413> the plunder <07998>! You have done <06213> what is wrong <07451> in the Lord’s <03068> estimation <05869>.”
20Then Saul <07586> said to <0413> Samuel <08050>, “But I have obeyed <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068>! I went <01980> on the campaign <01870> the Lord <03068> sent <07971> me on. I brought <0935> back King <04428> Agag <090> of the Amalekites <06002> after exterminating <02763> the Amalekites <06002>.
21But the army <05971> took <03947> from the plunder <07998> some of the sheep <06629> and cattle <01241>– the best <07225> of what was to be slaughtered <02764>– to sacrifice <02076> to the Lord <03068> your God <0430> in Gilgal <01537>.”
22Then Samuel <08050> said <0559>, “Does the Lord <03068> take pleasure <02656> in burnt offerings <05930> and sacrifices <02077> as much as he does in obedience <06963> <08085>? Certainly <02009>, obedience <08085> is better than sacrifice <02077>; paying attention <07181> is better <02896> than the fat <02459> of rams <0352>.
23For <03588> rebellion <04805> is like the sin <02403> of divination <07081>, and presumption <06484> is like the evil <0205> of idolatry <08655>. Because <03282> you have rejected <03988> the word <01697> of the Lord <03068>, he has rejected <03988> you as king <04428>.”
24Then Saul <07586> said to <0413> Samuel <08050>, “I have sinned <02398>, for <03588> I have disobeyed what the Lord <03068> commanded <06310> and what <01697> you said as well. For <03588> I was afraid <03372> of the army <05971>, and I followed <08085> their wishes <06963>.
25Now <06258> please <04994> forgive <05375> my sin <02403>! Go back <07725> with <05973> me so I can worship <07812> the Lord <03068>.”
26Samuel <08050> said <0559> to <0413> Saul <07586>, “I will not <03808> go back <07725> with <05973> you, for <03588> you have rejected <03988> the word <01697> of the Lord <03068>, and the Lord <03068> has rejected <03988> you from being <01961> king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>!”
27When Samuel <08050> turned <05437> to leave <01980>, Saul grabbed <02388> the edge <03671> of his robe <04598> and it tore <07167>.
28Samuel <08050> said <0559> to <0413> him, “The Lord <03068> has torn <07167> the kingdom <04468> of Israel <03478> from <05921> you this day <03117> and has given <05414> it to one of your colleagues <07453> who is better <02896> than <04480> you!
29The Preeminent One <05331> of Israel <03478> does not <03808> go back on <08266> his word <08266> or <03808> change <05162> his mind <05162>, for <03588> he is not <03808> a human <0120> being who <01931> changes <05162> his mind <05162>.”
30Saul again replied <0559>, “I have sinned <02398>. But please <04994> honor <03513> me before <05048> the elders <02205> of my people <05971> and before <05048> Israel <03478>. Go back <07725> with <05973> me so I may worship <07812> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>.”
31So Samuel <08050> followed <0310> Saul <07586> back <07725>, and Saul <07586> worshiped <07812> the Lord <03068>.
32Then Samuel <08050> said <0559>, “Bring <05066> me King <04428> Agag <090> of the Amalekites <06002>.” So Agag <090> came <01980> to <0413> him trembling <04574>, thinking <0559> to himself <090>, “Surely <0403> death <04194> is bitter <04751>!”
33Samuel <08050> said <0559>, “Just as <0834> your sword <02719> left <07921> women <0802> childless <07921>, so <03651> your mother <0517> will be the most bereaved <07921> among women <0802>!” Then Samuel <08050> hacked <08158> Agag <090> to pieces <08158> there in Gilgal <01537> before <06440> the Lord <03068>.
34Then Samuel <08050> went <01980> to Ramah <07414>, while Saul <07586> went up <05927> to <0413> his home <01004> in Gibeah <01390> of Saul <07586>.
35Until <05704> the day <03117> he died <04194> Samuel <08050> did not <03808> see <07200> Saul <07586> again <03254>. Samuel <08050> did, however <03588>, mourn <056> for <0413> Saul <07586>, but the Lord <03068> regretted <05162> that <03588> he had made <04427> Saul <07586> king over <05921> Israel <03478>.