1Samuel:15-16
mkjv@1Samuel:15:1 @ And Samuel said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over His people, over Israel. And now listen to the voice of the words of the LORD.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:2 @ So says the LORD of hosts, I will visit Amalek with what he did to Israel, how he set against him in the way when he came up from Egypt.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:3 @ Now go and strike Amalek, and completely destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:4 @ And Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:5 @ And Saul came to a city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:6 @ And 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 sons of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:7 @ And Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah, as you come to Shur, which [is] over across from Egypt.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:8 @ And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive. And he completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:9 @ 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 completely destroy them. But everything that was] vile and feeble they completely destroyed.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:10 @ And the word of the LORD came to Samuel saying,
mkjv@1Samuel:15:11 @ It repents Me that I have set up Saul [to be] king. For he has turned back from following Me and has not done My commands. And it grieved Samuel, and he cried [out to] the LORD all night.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:12 @ And when Samuel rose up early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told to Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a place for himself, and has gone around and passed on and gone down to Gilgal.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:13 @ And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, You [are] blessed of the LORD. I have done the command of the LORD.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:14 @ And Samuel said, What then [is] this bleating of the flock in my ears? And [what is] the sound of the herd which I hear?
mkjv@1Samuel:15:15 @ 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 to the LORD your God. And the rest we have completely destroyed.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:16 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Stop! And I will tell you what the LORD has said to me tonight. And he said to him, Speak.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:17 @ And Samuel said, When you [were] little in your own sight, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed you king over Israel.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:18 @ And the LORD sent you on the way and said, Go and completely destroy the sinners, Amalek, and fight against them until you destroy them.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:19 @ Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you fly on the spoil and do evil in the sight of the LORD?
mkjv@1Samuel:15:20 @ And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, 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 completely destroyed the Amalekites.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:21 @ But the people took from the spoil, of [the] flocks and herd, [the] best of the things devoted to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:22 @ And Samuel said, Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice! To listen [is] better than the fat of rams!
mkjv@1Samuel:15:23 @ For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idol-worship. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king!
mkjv@1Samuel:15:24 @ And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned. For I have disobeyed the command of the LORD, and your word, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:25 @ And now please pardon my sin and turn again with me so that I may worship the LORD.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:26 @ And 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.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:27 @ And Samuel turned around to go, and he laid hold on the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:28 @ And Samuel said to him, The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours [who is] better than you.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:29 @ And also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor repent, for He [is] not a man that He should repent.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:30 @ Then he said, I have sinned. Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and turn again with me. And I shall worship the LORD your God.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:31 @ And Samuel turned again after Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:32 @ And Samuel said, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him daintily. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:33 @ And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:34 @ And Samuel went to Ramah. And Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
mkjv@1Samuel:15:35 @ And Samuel never again saw Saul until the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul. And the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:1 @ And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have seen a king for Me among his sons.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:2 @ And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take a heifer of the herd in your hand with you and say, I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:3 @ And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for Me whomever I name to you.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:4 @ And Samuel did what the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming and said, Do you come peaceably?
mkjv@1Samuel:16:5 @ And he said, Peaceably. I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:6 @ And it happened as they came in, he saw Eliab and said, Surely the LORD's anointed [is] before the LORD.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:7 @ But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his face, nor on his height, because I have refused him. For He does not see as man sees. For man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:8 @ And Jesse called Abinadab, and he passed him before Samuel, but he said, Also the LORD has not chosen this one.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:9 @ And Jesse passed Shammah by, but he said, Also the LORD has not chosen this one.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:10 @ And Jesse passed seven of his sons before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, The LORD has not chosen these.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:11 @ And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all the young men here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:12 @ And he sent and brought him in. And he [was] ruddy, with beautiful eyes and good form. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him. For this is he.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:13 @ And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the spirit of the LORD came on David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:14 @ But the spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:15 @ And Saul's servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God terrifies you.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:16 @ Let our lord now command his servants before you to seek out a man who knows to play on a harp. And it shall be, when the evil spirit from God is on you, then he shall play [with] his hand, and [it shall be] well with you.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:17 @ And Saul said to his servants, Now look for me a man who can play well, and bring [him] to me.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:18 @ And one of the servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, and a mighty warrior and a man of battle, and prudent in speech. And he is a person of good form, and the LORD [is with him.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:19 @ And Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me your son David, who [is] with the sheep.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:20 @ And Jesse took an ass [loaded] with bread and a skin of wine and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son to Saul.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:21 @ And David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:22 @ And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.
mkjv@1Samuel:16:23 @ And it happened when the spirit from God was on Saul, that David took a harp and played with his hand. And there was relief for Saul, and [it was] well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.
mkjv@1Samuel:17:1 @ And the Philistines gathered their armies for battle, and gathered at Socoh [of] Judah, and pitched between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
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