1And Samuel said to Saul: “The Lord sent me, so that I would anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the voice of the Lord.stylus1 Samuel 9:16, 1 Samuel 9:16, 1 Samuel 12:14, 1 Samuel 12:14, 1 Samuel 13:132‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have taken account of all that Amalek has done to Israel, how he stood against him in the way, when he ascended from Egypt.stylusDeuteronomy 25:17, Deuteronomy 25:19, Deuteronomy 25:17, Deuteronomy 25:19, Exodus 17:83Now therefore, go and strike Amalek, and demolish all that is his. You shall not spare him, and you shall not covet anything out of the things that are his. Instead, kill from man even to woman, and little ones as well as infants, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”stylusDeuteronomy 20:16, Deuteronomy 20:18, Numbers 24:20, Deuteronomy 20:16, Deuteronomy 20:184And so, Saul instructed the people, and he numbered them like lambs: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.stylusJoshua 15:24, Joshua 15:24, 1 Samuel 11:8, 1 Samuel 13:15, 1 Samuel 11:85And when Saul had arrived as far as the city of Amalek, he placed ambushes at the torrent.stylus6And Saul said to the Kenite: “Go away, withdraw, and descend from Amalek. Otherwise, I will include you with him. For you showed mercy to all the sons of Israel, when they ascended from Egypt.” And so the Kenite withdrew from the midst of Amalek.stylusJudges 1:16, Judges 1:16, Numbers 10:29, Numbers 10:32, Numbers 10:297And Saul struck down Amalek, from Havilah even until you arrive at Shur, which is opposite the region of Egypt.stylusGenesis 16:7, Genesis 25:18, 1 Samuel 14:48, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 25:188And he apprehended Agag, the king of Amalek, alive. But all the common people he put to death with the edge of the sword.stylus1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Samuel 30:1, Numbers 24:7, Esther 3:1, Numbers 24:79And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments, and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and they were not willing to destroy them. Yet truly, whatever was vile or worthless, these they demolished.stylus1 Samuel 15:15, 1 Samuel 15:15, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:19, 1 Samuel 15:310Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, sayingstylus11“It displeases me that I have appointed Saul as king. For he has forsaken me, and he has not fulfilled the work of my words.” And Samuel was greatly saddened, and he cried out to the Lord, all night longstylus1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 13:13, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 6:6, Psalms 119:13612And when Samuel had risen while it was still dark, so that he might go to Saul in the morning, it was reported to Samuel that Saul had arrived at Carmel, and that he had erected for himself a triumphant arch. And, while returning, he had continued on and descended to Gilgal. Therefore, Samuel went to Saul. And Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord, from the best of the spoils, which he had brought from Amalek.stylusJoshua 15:55, Joshua 15:55, 2 Samuel 18:18, 1 Samuel 25:2, 2 Samuel 18:1813And when Samuel had gone to Saul, Saul said to him: “You are the blessed of the Lord. I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.”stylusRuth 3:10, Judges 17:2, Ruth 3:10, Judges 17:2, Genesis 14:1914And Samuel said, “Then what is this voice of the flocks, which resounds in my ears, and of the herds, which I am hearing?”stylus1 Corinthians 4:5, Psalms 36:2, Luke 19:22, Malachi 3:13, Malachi 3:1515And Saul said: “They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Yet truly, the remainder we have slain.”stylus1 Samuel 15:21, 1 Samuel 15:9, 1 Samuel 15:21, 1 Samuel 15:9, Exodus 32:2216Then Samuel said to Saul, “Permit me, and I will reveal to you what the Lord has said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.”stylus1 Samuel 12:7, 1 Kings 22:16, 1 Samuel 9:27, 1 Samuel 12:7, 1 Kings 22:1617And Samuel said: “Was it not when you were little in your own eyes that you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you as king over Israel.stylus1 Samuel 9:21, 1 Samuel 9:21, 1 Samuel 15:1, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 10:2218And the Lord sent you on the way, and he said: ‘Go and put to death the sinners of Amalek. And you shall fight against them, even unto utter annihilation.’stylusJob 31:3, Genesis 15:16, Proverbs 10:29, Numbers 16:38, Genesis 13:1319Why then, did you not listen to the voice of the Lord? Instead, you turned to the spoils, and you did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”stylus1 Samuel 14:32, 1 Samuel 14:32, 2 Chronicles 33:2, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Jeremiah 7:1120And Saul said to Samuel: “On the contrary, I did listen to the voice of the Lord, and I walked in the way along which the Lord sent me, and I led back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I put to death Amalek.stylus1 Samuel 15:13, 1 Samuel 15:13, Romans 10:3, Romans 10:3, Matthew 19:2021But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the first-fruits of those things that were slain, to immolate to the Lord their God at Gilgal.”stylus1 Samuel 15:15, 1 Samuel 15:15, Exodus 32:22, Exodus 32:23, Exodus 32:2222And Samuel said: “Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.stylusHosea 6:6, Hosea 6:6, Psalms 51:16, Psalms 51:17, Psalms 51:1623Therefore, it is like the sin of paganism to rebel. And it is like the crime of idolatry to refuse to obey. For this reason, therefore, because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has also rejected you from being king.”stylusJeremiah 28:16, Jeremiah 28:16, 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 13:14, Leviticus 20:624And Saul said to Samuel: “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the word of the Lord, and your words, by fearing the people and obeying their voice.stylusIsaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:13, 2 Samuel 12:13, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:1325But now, I beg you, to bear my sin, and to return with me, so that I may adore the Lord.”stylusExodus 10:17, Exodus 10:1726And Samuel said to Saul: “I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”stylusHosea 4:6, Hosea 4:6, 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 13:1427And Samuel turned away, so that he might depart. But Saul took hold of the edge of his cloak, and it tore.stylus1 Kings 11:30, 1 Kings 11:31, 1 Kings 11:30, 1 Kings 11:3128And Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you this day. And he has delivered it to your neighbor, who is better than you are.stylus1 Samuel 28:17, 1 Samuel 28:18, 1 Samuel 28:17, 1 Samuel 28:18, Acts 13:2229Moreover, the One who triumphs within Israel will not spare, and he will not be moved to repentance. For he is not a man, that he should repent.”stylusNumbers 23:19, Ezekiel 24:14, Numbers 23:19, Ezekiel 24:14, Titus 1:230Then he said: “I have sinned. But now, honor me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may adore the Lord your God.”stylusJohn 12:43, John 5:44, John 12:43, John 5:44, Isaiah 29:1331Therefore, Samuel turned again after Saul. And Saul adored the Lord.stylus32And Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag, the king of Amalek.” And Agag, very fat and trembling, was presented to him. And Agag said, “Does bitter death separate in this manner?”stylus1 Thessalonians 5:3, Jeremiah 48:44, Revelation 18:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Jeremiah 48:4433And Samuel said, “Just as your sword caused women to be without their children, so will your mother be without her children among women.” And Samuel cut him into pieces, before the Lord at Gilgal.stylusJudges 1:7, Judges 1:7, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 9:6, Matthew 7:234Then Samuel went away to Ramah. But Saul ascended to his house at Gibeah.stylus1 Samuel 11:4, 1 Samuel 11:4, 1 Samuel 7:17, 1 Samuel 7:1735And Samuel did not see Saul any more, until the day of his death. Yet truly, Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord regretted that he had appointed him as king over Israel.stylus1 Samuel 19:24, 1 Samuel 15:11, 1 Samuel 19:24, 1 Samuel 15:11, 1 Samuel 16:1