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1 Samuel 15 (WEBP)

[1] Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of Yahweh’s words.
[2] Yahweh of Armies says, ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way when he came up out of Egypt.
[3] Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
[4] Saul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.
[5] Saul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.
[6] Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
[7] Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is before Egypt.
[8] He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
[9] But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, of the fat calves, of the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
[10] Then Yahweh’s word came to Samuel, saying,
[11] “It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king, for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
[12] Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, turned, passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”
[13] Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.”
[14] Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”
[15] Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest.”
[16] Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh said to me last night.” He said to him, “Say on.”
[17] Samuel said, “Though you were little in your own sight, weren’t you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;
[18] and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’
[19] Why then didn’t you obey Yahweh’s voice, but took the plunder, and did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight?”
[20] Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed Yahweh’s voice, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
[21] But the people took of the plunder, sheep and cattle, the best of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.”
[22] Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
[23] For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”
[24] Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
[25] Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.”
[26] Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected Yahweh’s word, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
[27] As Samuel turned around to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
[28] Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
[29] 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 please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”
[31] So Samuel went back with Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
[32] Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of the Amalekites here to me!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
[33] Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Then Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
[34] Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
[35] Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death, but Samuel mourned for Saul. Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 15:23 Teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 15 (KJVS)

[1] 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 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 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] And Saul gathered the people together, () and numbered () them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
[5] And Saul came () to a city of Amalek, and laid wait () () in the valley.
[6] 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 Saul smote () the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest () to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
[8] And he took () Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed () all the people with the edge of the sword.
[9] 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] Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, ()
[11] 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 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 Samuel came () to Saul: and Saul said () unto him, Blessed () be thou of the Lord: I have performed () the commandment of the Lord.
[14] 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 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] 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 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 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] 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 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, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice () unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
[22] 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 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 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] Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon () my sin, and turn again () with me, that I may worship () the Lord.
[26] 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 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 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] 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 Lord thy God.
[31] So Samuel turned again () after Saul; and Saul worshipped () the Lord.
[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 Lord 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 Lord repented () that he had made Saul king () over Israel.

1 Samuel 15:5 Or, fought
1 Samuel 15:9 Or, of the second sort
1 Samuel 15:18 Heb. they consume them
1 Samuel 15:23 Heb. divination
1 Samuel 15:29 Or, eternity, or, victory

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 15 (BYZ)

[1] και ειπεν σαμουηλ προς σαουλ εμε απεστειλεν κυριος χρισαι σε εις βασιλεα επι ισραηλ και νυν ακουε της φωνης κυριου
[2] ταδε ειπεν κυριος σαβαωθ νυν εκδικησω α εποιησεν αμαληκ τω ισραηλ ως απηντησεν αυτω εν τη οδω αναβαινοντος αυτου εξ αιγυπτου
[3] και νυν πορευου και παταξεις τον αμαληκ και ιεριμ και παντα τα αυτου και ου περιποιηση εξ αυτου και εξολεθρευσεις αυτον και αναθεματιεις αυτον και παντα τα αυτου και ου φειση απ αυτου και αποκτενεις απο ανδρος και εως γυναικος και απο νηπιου εως θηλαζοντος και απο μοσχου εως προβατου και απο καμηλου εως ονου
[4] και παρηγγειλεν σαουλ τω λαω και επισκεπτεται αυτους εν γαλγαλοις τετρακοσιας χιλιαδας ταγματων και τον ιουδαν τριακοντα χιλιαδας ταγματων
[5] και ηλθεν σαουλ εως των πολεων αμαληκ και ενηδρευσεν εν τω χειμαρρω
[6] και ειπεν σαουλ προς τον κιναιον απελθε και εκκλινον εκ μεσου του αμαληκιτου μη προσθω σε μετ αυτου και συ εποιησας ελεος μετα των υιων ισραηλ εν τω αναβαινειν αυτους εξ αιγυπτου και εξεκλινεν ο κιναιος εκ μεσου αμαληκ
[7] και επαταξεν σαουλ τον αμαληκ απο ευιλατ εως σουρ επι προσωπου αιγυπτου
[8] και συνελαβεν τον αγαγ βασιλεα αμαληκ ζωντα και παντα τον λαον ιεριμ απεκτεινεν εν στοματι ρομφαιας
[9] και περιεποιησατο σαουλ και πας ο λαος τον αγαγ ζωντα και τα αγαθα των ποιμνιων και των βουκολιων και των εδεσματων και των αμπελωνων και παντων των αγαθων και ουκ εβουλετο αυτα εξολεθρευσαι και παν εργον ητιμωμενον και εξουδενωμενον εξωλεθρευσαν
[10] και εγενηθη ρημα κυριου προς σαμουηλ λεγων
[11] παρακεκλημαι οτι εβασιλευσα τον σαουλ εις βασιλεα οτι απεστρεψεν απο οπισθεν μου και τους λογους μου ουκ ετηρησεν και ηθυμησεν σαμουηλ και εβοησεν προς κυριον ολην την νυκτα
[12] και ωρθρισεν σαμουηλ και επορευθη εις απαντησιν ισραηλ πρωι και απηγγελη τω σαμουηλ λεγοντες ηκει σαουλ εις καρμηλον και ανεστακεν αυτω χειρα και επεστρεψεν το αρμα και κατεβη εις γαλγαλα προς σαουλ και ιδου αυτος ανεφερεν ολοκαυτωσιν τω κυριω τα πρωτα των σκυλων ων ηνεγκεν εξ αμαληκ
[13] και παρεγενετο σαμουηλ προς σαουλ και ειπεν αυτω σαουλ ευλογητος συ τω κυριω εστησα παντα οσα ελαλησεν κυριος
[14] και ειπεν σαμουηλ και τις η φωνη του ποιμνιου τουτου εν τοις ωσιν μου και φωνη των βοων ων εγω ακουω
[15] και ειπεν σαουλ εξ αμαληκ ηνεγκα αυτα α περιεποιησατο ο λαος τα κρατιστα του ποιμνιου και των βοων οπως τυθη τω κυριω θεω σου και τα λοιπα εξωλεθρευσα
[16] και ειπεν σαμουηλ προς σαουλ ανες και απαγγελω σοι α ελαλησεν κυριος προς με την νυκτα και ειπεν αυτω λαλησον
[17] και ειπεν σαμουηλ προς σαουλ ουχι μικρος συ ει ενωπιον αυτου ηγουμενος σκηπτρου φυλης ισραηλ και εχρισεν σε κυριος εις βασιλεα επι ισραηλ
[18] και απεστειλεν σε κυριος εν οδω και ειπεν σοι πορευθητι και εξολεθρευσον τους αμαρτανοντας εις εμε τον αμαληκ και πολεμησεις αυτους εως συντελεσης αυτους
[19] και ινα τι ουκ ηκουσας της φωνης κυριου αλλ ωρμησας του θεσθαι επι τα σκυλα και εποιησας το πονηρον ενωπιον κυριου
[20] και ειπεν σαουλ προς σαμουηλ δια το ακουσαι με της φωνης του λαου και επορευθην εν τη οδω η απεστειλεν με κυριος και ηγαγον τον αγαγ βασιλεα αμαληκ και τον αμαληκ εξωλεθρευσα
[21] και ελαβεν ο λαος των σκυλων ποιμνια και βουκολια τα πρωτα του εξολεθρευματος θυσαι ενωπιον κυριου θεου ημων εν γαλγαλοις
[22] και ειπεν σαμουηλ ει θελητον τω κυριω ολοκαυτωματα και θυσιαι ως το ακουσαι φωνης κυριου ιδου ακοη υπερ θυσιαν αγαθη και η επακροασις υπερ στεαρ κριων
[23] οτι αμαρτια οιωνισμα εστιν οδυνην και πονους θεραφιν επαγουσιν οτι εξουδενωσας το ρημα κυριου και εξουδενωσει σε κυριος μη ειναι βασιλεα επι ισραηλ
[24] και ειπεν σαουλ προς σαμουηλ ημαρτηκα οτι παρεβην τον λογον κυριου και το ρημα σου οτι εφοβηθην τον λαον και ηκουσα της φωνης αυτων
[25] και νυν αρον δη το αμαρτημα μου και αναστρεψον μετ εμου και προσκυνησω κυριω τω θεω σου
[26] και ειπεν σαμουηλ προς σαουλ ουκ αναστρεφω μετα σου οτι εξουδενωσας το ρημα κυριου και εξουδενωσει σε κυριος του μη ειναι βασιλεα επι τον ισραηλ
[27] και απεστρεψεν σαμουηλ το προσωπον αυτου του απελθειν και εκρατησεν σαουλ του πτερυγιου της διπλοιδος αυτου και διερρηξεν αυτο
[28] και ειπεν προς αυτον σαμουηλ διερρηξεν κυριος την βασιλειαν ισραηλ εκ χειρος σου σημερον και δωσει αυτην τω πλησιον σου τω αγαθω υπερ σε
[29] και διαιρεθησεται ισραηλ εις δυο και ουκ αποστρεψει ουδε μετανοησει οτι ουχ ως ανθρωπος εστιν του μετανοησαι αυτος
[30] και ειπεν σαουλ ημαρτηκα αλλα δοξασον με δη ενωπιον πρεσβυτερων ισραηλ και ενωπιον λαου μου και αναστρεψον μετ εμου και προσκυνησω τω κυριω θεω σου
[31] και ανεστρεψεν σαμουηλ οπισω σαουλ και προσεκυνησεν τω κυριω
[32] και ειπεν σαμουηλ προσαγαγετε μοι τον αγαγ βασιλεα αμαληκ και προσηλθεν προς αυτον αγαγ τρεμων και ειπεν αγαγ ει ουτως πικρος ο θανατος
[33] και ειπεν σαμουηλ προς αγαγ καθοτι ητεκνωσεν γυναικας η ρομφαια σου ουτως ατεκνωθησεται εκ γυναικων η μητηρ σου και εσφαξεν σαμουηλ τον αγαγ ενωπιον κυριου εν γαλγαλ
[34] και απηλθεν σαμουηλ εις αρμαθαιμ και σαουλ ανεβη εις τον οικον αυτου εις γαβαα
[35] και ου προσεθετο σαμουηλ ετι ιδειν τον σαουλ εως ημερας θανατου αυτου οτι επενθει σαμουηλ επι σαουλ και κυριος μετεμεληθη οτι εβασιλευσεν τον σαουλ επι ισραηλ

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.