1Samuel:15:16-24
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Then Samuel said unto Saul Sha #
uwl #,
Stay ,
and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night .
And he said unto him ,
Say on .
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And Samuel said ,
When thou wast little in thine own sight ,
wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel Yisra #
el #,
and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel Yisra #
el #?
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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 .
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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 ?
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And Saul said unto Samuel Sh @
muw #
el #,
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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Saul said unto Samuel Sh @
muw #
el #,
I have sinned :
for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD ,
and thy words :
because I feared the people ,
and obeyed their voice .