nkjv 1Samuel:15:6-31 SEEK
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Then Saul said to the Kenites , "
Go ,
depart ,
get 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 .
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And Saul attacked the Amalekites ,
from Havilah all the way to Shur ,
which is east of Egypt .
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He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive ,
and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword .
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But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep ,
the oxen ,
the fatlings ,
the lambs ,
and all that was good ,
and were unwilling to utterly destroy them .
But everything despised and worthless ,
that they utterly destroyed .
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Now the word of the LORD came to Samuel ,
saying ,
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I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king ,
for he has turned back from following Me ,
and has not performed My commandments ."
And it grieved Samuel ,
and he cried out to the LORD all night .
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So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul ,
it was told Samuel ,
saying , "
Saul went to Carmel ,
and indeed ,
he set up a monument for himself ;
and he has gone on around ,
passed by ,
and gone down to Gilgal ."
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Then Samuel went to Saul ,
and Saul said to him , "
Blessed are you of the LORD !
I have performed the commandment of the LORD ."
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But Samuel said , "
What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears ,
and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ?"
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And Saul said , "
They have brought them from the Amalekites ;
for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen ,
to sacrifice to the LORD your God ;
and the rest we have utterly destroyed ."
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Then Samuel said to Saul , "
Be quiet !
And I will tell you what the LORD said to me last night ."
And he said to him , "
Speak on ."
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So Samuel said , "
When you were little in your own eyes ,
were you not head of the tribes of Israel ?
And did not the LORD anoint you king over Israel ?
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Now the LORD sent you on a mission ,
and said , "
Go ,
and utterly destroy the sinners ,
the Amalekites ,
and fight against them until they are consumed .'
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Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD ?
Why did you swoop down on the spoil ,
and do evil in the sight of the LORD ?"
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And Saul said to Samuel , "
But I have obeyed the voice of the LORD ,
and gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me ,
and brought back Agag king of Amalek ;
I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites .
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But the people took of the plunder ,
sheep and oxen ,
the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed ,
to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal ."
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So Samuel said : "
Has 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 heed 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 you have rejected the word of the LORD ,
He also has rejected you from being king ."
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Then Saul said to Samuel , "
I have sinned ,
for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and your words ,
because I feared the people and obeyed their voice .
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Now therefore ,
please pardon my sin ,
and return with me ,
that I may worship the LORD ."
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But 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 ."
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And as Samuel turned around to go away ,
Saul seized the edge of his robe ,
and it tore .
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So Samuel said to him , "
The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today ,
and has given it to a neighbor of yours ,
who is better than you .
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And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent .
For He is not a man ,
that He should relent ."
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Then he said , "
I have sinned ;
yet honor me now ,
please ,
before the elders of my people and before Israel ,
and return with me ,
that I may worship the LORD your God ."
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So Samuel turned back after Saul ,
and Saul worshiped the LORD .