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. [laid...: or, fought]
			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# . [fatlings: or, second sort]
			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# . [they...: Heb. they consume them]
			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. [witchcraft: Heb. divination]
			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# . [Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory]
			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.