SamuelalsosaiduntoSaul, The LORDsent me to anointthee to be kingover his people, overIsrael: now thereforehearkenthouunto the voice of the words of the LORD.
Now go and smiteAmalek, and utterlydestroy all thattheyhave, and sparethem not; but slayboth man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
And Saulsaidunto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you downfromamong the Amalekites, lest I destroy you withthem: for ye shewedkindness to all the children of Israel, whentheycame up out of Egypt. So the Kenitesdepartedfromamong the Amalekites.
But Saul and the peoplesparedAgag, 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 utterlydestroythem: but everythingthat was vile and refuse, thattheydestroyedutterly.
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turnedbackfromfollowing me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grievedSamuel; and he criedunto the LORD all night.
And whenSamuelroseearly to meetSaul in the morning, it was toldSamuel, saying, Saulcame to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is goneabout, and passed on, and gonedown to Gilgal.
And Saulsaid, Theyhavebroughtthemfrom the Amalekites: for the peoplespared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrificeunto the LORD thy God; and the rest we haveutterlydestroyed.
And SaulsaiduntoSamuel, Yea, I haveobeyed the voice of the LORD, and havegone the way which the LORDsent me, and havebroughtAgag the king of Amalek, and haveutterlydestroyed the Amalekites.
But the peopletook of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the thingswhichshouldhavebeenutterlydestroyed, to sacrificeunto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
And Samuelsaid, Hath the LORD as greatdelight in burntofferings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is betterthansacrifice, and to hearkenthan the fat of rams.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Becausethouhastrejected the word of the LORD, he hathalsorejectedtheefrombeingking.
And SaulsaiduntoSamuel, I havesinned: for I havetransgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyedtheirvoice.
Then he said, I havesinned: yet honour me now, I praythee, before the elders of my people, and beforeIsrael, and turnagainwith me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
ThensaidSamuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agagcameunto him delicately. And Agagsaid, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
And Samuelsaid, As thy swordhathmadewomenchildless, so shall thy mother be childlessamongwomen. And SamuelhewedAgag in piecesbefore the LORD in Gilgal.
And Samuelcame no more to see Sauluntil the day of his death: neverthelessSamuelmourned for Saul: and the LORDrepentedthat he had madeSaulkingoverIsrael.