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World English Bible

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] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () πρὸς () Σαουλ () Ἐμὲ () ἀπέστειλεν () κύριος () χρῖσαί () σε () εἰς () βασιλέα () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () νῦν () ἄκουε () τῆς () φωνῆς () κυρίου· ()
[2] τάδε () εἶπεν () κύριος () σαβαωθ () Νῦν () ἐκδικήσω () ἃ () ἐποίησεν () Αμαληκ τῷ () Ισραηλ, () ὡς () ἀπήντησεν () αὐτῷ () ἐν () τῇ () ὁδῷ () ἀναβαίνοντος () αὐτοῦ () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου· ()
[3] καὶ () νῦν () πορεύου () καὶ () πατάξεις () τὸν () Αμαληκ καὶ () Ιεριμ καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () οὐ () περιποιήσῃ () ἐξ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐξολεθρεύσεις () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἀναθεματιεῖς () αὐτὸν () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () οὐ () φείσῃ () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀποκτενεῖς () ἀπὸ () ἀνδρὸς () καὶ () ἕως () γυναικὸς () καὶ () ἀπὸ () νηπίου () ἕως () θηλάζοντος () καὶ () ἀπὸ () μόσχου () ἕως () προβάτου () καὶ () ἀπὸ () καμήλου () ἕως () ὄνου. ()
[4] Καὶ () παρήγγειλεν () Σαουλ () τῷ () λαῷ () καὶ () ἐπισκέπτεται () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () Γαλγαλοις τετρακοσίας () χιλιάδας () ταγμάτων () καὶ () τὸν () Ιουδαν () τριάκοντα () χιλιάδας () ταγμάτων. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Σαουλ () ἕως () τῶν () πόλεων () Αμαληκ καὶ () ἐνήδρευσεν () ἐν () τῷ () χειμάρρῳ. ()
[6] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαουλ () πρὸς () τὸν () Κιναῖον Ἄπελθε () καὶ () ἔκκλινον () ἐκ () μέσου () τοῦ () Αμαληκίτου, μὴ () προσθῶ () σε () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () σὺ () ἐποίησας () ἔλεος () μετὰ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () ἐν () τῷ () ἀναβαίνειν () αὐτοὺς () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου· () καὶ () ἐξέκλινεν () ὁ () Κιναῖος ἐκ () μέσου () Αμαληκ.
[7] Καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () Σαουλ () τὸν () Αμαληκ ἀπὸ () Ευιλατ ἕως () Σουρ ἐπὶ () προσώπου () Αἰγύπτου. ()
[8] Καὶ () συνέλαβεν () τὸν () Αγαγ βασιλέα () Αμαληκ ζῶντα () καὶ () πάντα () τὸν () λαὸν () Ιεριμ ἀπέκτεινεν () ἐν () στόματι () ῥομφαίας. ()
[9] Καὶ () περιεποιήσατο () Σαουλ () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () τὸν () Αγαγ ζῶντα () καὶ () τὰ () ἀγαθὰ () τῶν () ποιμνίων () καὶ () τῶν () βουκολίων καὶ () τῶν () ἐδεσμάτων καὶ () τῶν () ἀμπελώνων () καὶ () πάντων () τῶν () ἀγαθῶν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐβούλετο () αὐτὰ () ἐξολεθρεῦσαι· () καὶ () πᾶν () ἔργον () ἠτιμωμένον () καὶ () ἐξουδενωμένον () ἐξωλέθρευσαν. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ῥῆμα () κυρίου () πρὸς () Σαμουηλ () λέγων ()
[11] Παρακέκλημαι () ὅτι () ἐβασίλευσα () τὸν () Σαουλ () εἰς () βασιλέα, () ὅτι () ἀπέστρεψεν () ἀπὸ () ὄπισθέν () μου () καὶ () τοὺς () λόγους () μου () οὐκ () ἐτήρησεν. () Καὶ () ἠθύμησεν () Σαμουηλ () καὶ () ἐβόησεν () πρὸς () κύριον () ὅλην () τὴν () νύκτα. ()
[12] Καὶ () ὤρθρισεν () Σαμουηλ () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () εἰς () ἀπάντησιν () Ισραηλ () πρωί. () Καὶ () ἀπηγγέλη () τῷ () Σαμουηλ () λέγοντες () Ἥκει () Σαουλ () εἰς () Κάρμηλον καὶ () ἀνέστακεν () αὐτῷ () χεῖρα () καὶ () ἐπέστρεψεν () τὸ () ἅρμα. () Καὶ () κατέβη () εἰς () Γαλγαλα πρὸς () Σαουλ, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () αὐτὸς () ἀνέφερεν () ὁλοκαύτωσιν τῷ () κυρίῳ () τὰ () πρῶτα () τῶν () σκύλων, () ὧν () ἤνεγκεν () ἐξ () Αμαληκ.
[13] Καὶ () παρεγένετο () Σαμουηλ () πρὸς () Σαουλ, () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Σαουλ () Εὐλογητὸς () σὺ () τῷ () κυρίῳ· () ἔστησα () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος. ()
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () Καὶ () τίς () ἡ () φωνὴ () τοῦ () ποιμνίου () τούτου () ἐν () τοῖς () ὠσίν () μου () καὶ () φωνὴ () τῶν () βοῶν, () ὧν () ἐγὼ () ἀκούω; ()
[15] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαουλ () Ἐξ () Αμαληκ ἤνεγκα () αὐτά, () ἃ () περιεποιήσατο () ὁ () λαός, () τὰ () κράτιστα () τοῦ () ποιμνίου () καὶ () τῶν () βοῶν, () ὅπως () τυθῇ () τῷ () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () σου, () καὶ () τὰ () λοιπὰ () ἐξωλέθρευσα. ()
[16] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () πρὸς () Σαουλ () Ἄνες () καὶ () ἀπαγγελῶ () σοι () ἃ () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος () πρός () με () τὴν () νύκτα· () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Λάλησον. ()
[17] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () πρὸς () Σαουλ () Οὐχὶ () μικρὸς () σὺ () εἶ () ἐνώπιον () αὐτοῦ () ἡγούμενος () σκήπτρου φυλῆς () Ισραηλ; () Καὶ () ἔχρισέν () σε () κύριος () εἰς () βασιλέα () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλέν () σε () κύριος () ἐν () ὁδῷ () καὶ () εἶπέν () σοι () Πορεύθητι () καὶ () ἐξολέθρευσον () τοὺς () ἁμαρτάνοντας () εἰς () ἐμέ, () τὸν () Αμαληκ, καὶ () πολεμήσεις () αὐτούς, () ἕως () συντελέσῃς () αὐτούς. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἵνα () τί () οὐκ () ἤκουσας () τῆς () φωνῆς () κυρίου, () ἀλλ’ () ὥρμησας () τοῦ () θέσθαι () ἐπὶ () τὰ () σκῦλα () καὶ () ἐποίησας () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου; ()
[20] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαουλ () πρὸς () Σαμουηλ () Διὰ () τὸ () ἀκοῦσαί () με () τῆς () φωνῆς () τοῦ () λαοῦ· () καὶ () ἐπορεύθην () ἐν () τῇ () ὁδῷ, () ᾗ () ἀπέστειλέν () με () κύριος, () καὶ () ἤγαγον () τὸν () Αγαγ βασιλέα () Αμαληκ καὶ () τὸν () Αμαληκ ἐξωλέθρευσα· ()
[21] καὶ () ἔλαβεν () ὁ () λαὸς () τῶν () σκύλων () ποίμνια () καὶ () βουκόλια, τὰ () πρῶτα () τοῦ () ἐξολεθρεύματος, θῦσαι () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν () ἐν () Γαλγαλοις.
[22] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () Εἰ () θελητὸν τῷ () κυρίῳ () ὁλοκαυτώματα () καὶ () θυσίαι () ὡς () τὸ () ἀκοῦσαι () φωνῆς () κυρίου; () Ἰδοὺ () ἀκοὴ () ὑπὲρ () θυσίαν () ἀγαθὴ () καὶ () ἡ () ἐπακρόασις ὑπὲρ () στέαρ κριῶν·
[23] ὅτι () ἁμαρτία () οἰώνισμά ἐστιν, () ὀδύνην () καὶ () πόνους () θεραφιν ἐπάγουσιν· () ὅτι () ἐξουδένωσας () τὸ () ῥῆμα () κυρίου, () καὶ () ἐξουδενώσει () σε () κύριος () μὴ () εἶναι () βασιλέα () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ. ()
[24] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαουλ () πρὸς () Σαμουηλ () Ἡμάρτηκα () ὅτι () παρέβην () τὸν () λόγον () κυρίου () καὶ () τὸ () ῥῆμά () σου, () ὅτι () ἐφοβήθην () τὸν () λαὸν () καὶ () ἤκουσα () τῆς () φωνῆς () αὐτῶν· ()
[25] καὶ () νῦν () ἆρον () δὴ () τὸ () ἁμάρτημά () μου () καὶ () ἀνάστρεψον () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ, () καὶ () προσκυνήσω () κυρίῳ () τῷ () θεῷ () σου. ()
[26] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () πρὸς () Σαουλ () Οὐκ () ἀναστρέφω () μετὰ () σοῦ, () ὅτι () ἐξουδένωσας () τὸ () ῥῆμα () κυρίου, () καὶ () ἐξουδενώσει () σε () κύριος () τοῦ () μὴ () εἶναι () βασιλέα () ἐπὶ () τὸν () Ισραηλ. ()
[27] Καὶ () ἀπέστρεψεν () Σαμουηλ () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () ἀπελθεῖν. () Καὶ () ἐκράτησεν () Σαουλ () τοῦ () πτερυγίου () τῆς () διπλοίδος αὐτοῦ () καὶ () διέρρηξεν () αὐτό· ()
[28] καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Σαμουηλ () Διέρρηξεν () κύριος () τὴν () βασιλείαν () Ισραηλ () ἐκ () χειρός () σου () σήμερον () καὶ () δώσει () αὐτὴν () τῷ () πλησίον () σου () τῷ () ἀγαθῷ () ὑπὲρ () σέ· ()
[29] καὶ () διαιρεθήσεται () Ισραηλ () εἰς () δύο, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀποστρέψει () οὐδὲ () μετανοήσει, () ὅτι () οὐχ () ὡς () ἄνθρωπός () ἐστιν () τοῦ () μετανοῆσαι () αὐτός. ()
[30] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαουλ () Ἡμάρτηκα, () ἀλλὰ () δόξασόν () με () δὴ () ἐνώπιον () πρεσβυτέρων () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἐνώπιον () λαοῦ () μου () καὶ () ἀνάστρεψον () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ, () καὶ () προσκυνήσω () τῷ () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () σου. ()
[31] Καὶ () ἀνέστρεψεν () Σαμουηλ () ὀπίσω () Σαουλ, () καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () τῷ () κυρίῳ. ()
[32] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () Προσαγάγετέ () μοι () τὸν () Αγαγ βασιλέα () Αμαληκ. Καὶ () προσῆλθεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Αγαγ τρέμων, () καὶ () εἶπεν () Αγαγ Εἰ () οὕτως () πικρὸς () ὁ () θάνατος; ()
[33] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () πρὸς () Αγαγ Καθότι () ἠτέκνωσεν γυναῖκας () ἡ () ῥομφαία () σου, () οὕτως () ἀτεκνωθήσεται ἐκ () γυναικῶν () ἡ () μήτηρ () σου. () Καὶ () ἔσφαξεν () Σαμουηλ () τὸν () Αγαγ ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () ἐν () Γαλγαλ.
[34] Καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () Σαμουηλ () εἰς () Αρμαθαιμ, καὶ () Σαουλ () ἀνέβη () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () Γαβαα.
[35] Καὶ () οὐ () προσέθετο () Σαμουηλ () ἔτι () ἰδεῖν () τὸν () Σαουλ () ἕως () ἡμέρας () θανάτου () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () ἐπένθει () Σαμουηλ () ἐπὶ () Σαουλ· () καὶ () κύριος () μετεμελήθη () ὅτι () ἐβασίλευσεν () τὸν () Σαουλ () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.