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utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21
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 L
ORD
thy God in Gilgal.
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And Samuel said, Hath the L
ORD
as great
delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying
the voice of the L
ORD
? Behold, to obey
is
better than sacrifice,
and
to hearken than the fat of rams.
23
For rebellion
is as
the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness
is as
iniquity and idolatry. Because
thou hast rejected the word of the L
ORD
, he hath also rejected thee from
being
king.
24
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the
L
ORD
, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25
Now therefore, I pray
thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the L
ORD
.
26
And Samuel said unto
Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the L
ORD
, and the L
ORD
hath
rejected thee from being king over Israel.
27
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold
upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
28
And Samuel said unto him, The L
ORD
hath rent the
kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine,
that is
better than
thou.
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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:
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 L
ORD
thy God.
31
So
Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the L
ORD
.
32
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 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 L
ORD
in Gilgal.
34
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35
And Samuel
came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and
the L
ORD
repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
CHAPTER SAMUEL 16
And the L
ORD
said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him
from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite:
for I have provided me a king among his sons.
2
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear
it,
he will kill me. And the L
ORD
said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the
L
ORD
.
3
And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint
unto me
him
whom I name unto thee.
4
And Samuel did that which the L
ORD
spake, and came to
Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
5
And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the L
ORD
: sanctify yourselves, and come with
me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
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