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YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Samuel saith
unto
Saul, `
Me did
Jehovah
send
to anoint thee
for
king over His people ,
over
Israel ;
and
now, hearken
to the voice
of
the
words of Jehovah:
Then
Samuel said
to
Saul, “The
LORD
sent
me to anoint you
king over His people Israel .
Now therefore
, listen
to the words of the
LORD.
`Thus
said
Jehovah
of Hosts ,
I have
looked
after
that
which
Amalek
did to Israel,
that
which
he
laid
for
him
in
the way in
his
going
up out
of
Egypt.
This
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says:
‘
I witnessed
what
the
Amalekites
did to the Israelites
when
they
ambushed
them
on
their
way up from
Egypt.
Now ,
go ,
and thou
hast
smitten
Amalek,
and devoted
all that it
hath,
and
thou
hast
no
pity
on
it
, and
hast
put to death from
man
unto
woman
, from
infant
unto
suckling
, from
ox
unto
sheep, from
camel
unto
ass
. '
Now go and attack
the
Amalekites
and devote
to
destruction
all that belongs
to
them.
Do
not
spare
them
, but
put to death men
and
women
, children
and
infants
, oxen
and
sheep, camels
and
donkeys
. ’”
And
Saul summoneth
the people,
and inspecteth
them in
Telaim ,
two
hundred
thousand
footmen
, and ten
thousand
`are'
men of Judah.
So
Saul summoned
the troops
and numbered
them at
Telaim —200
, 000
foot
soldiers
and 10,000
men of Judah.
And
Saul cometh
in
unto
a
city of Amalek ,
and layeth
wait in a
valley ;
Saul came
to
the
city of Amalek and lay
in
wait in the
valley .
and Saul
saith
unto
the
Kenite,
`Go,
turn
aside,
go
down
from
the midst
of
Amalek,
lest
I
consume
thee
with
it
, and
thou
didst
kindness with
all the sons
of
Israel,
in
their
going
up out of Egypt ;'
and the Kenite
turneth
aside
from the midst
of
Amalek
.
And he
warned
the Kenites
, “Since
you
showed
kindness to
all the Israelites
when
they
came
up out of Egypt ,
go
on
and get
away
from
the Amalekites.
Otherwise
I
will
sweep
you
away
with
them.”
So
the
Kenites
moved
away
from the Amalekites
.
And
Saul smiteth
Amalek
from Havilah --
thy
going
in
to Shur, which `
is '
on
the
front
of Egypt ,
Then
Saul struck
down
the
Amalekites
all
the
way
from Havilah to Shur, which is east
of Egypt .
and
he catcheth
Agag king of Amalek alive, and
all
the
people
he
hath
devoted by
the mouth
of
the sword ;
He captured
Agag king of Amalek alive, but
devoted all
the others
to
destruction
with
the sword .
and
Saul hath
pity
--
also
the
people
--
on
Agag, and
on
the best of the flock,
and of
the
herd
, and
of
the seconds,
and on
the
lambs, and on
all
that
`is'
good,
and
have
not
been
willing
to devote
them ;
and
all
the
work
, despised
and
wasted
--
it
they devoted.
Saul and
his
troops
spared
Agag, along
with
the best of the sheep
and cattle
, the fat
calves
and lambs, and the
best
of
everything
else.
They
were
unwilling
to destroy
them, but
they devoted to
destruction
all
that
was
despised
and
worthless
.
And
the word of Jehovah
is
unto
Samuel, saying,
Then
the word of the
LORD
came
to
Samuel, saying,
`
I have
repented
that I caused
Saul to
reign
for
king, for he hath
turned back
from after
Me ,
and My
words
he
hath
not performed;'
and it
is
displeasing
to
Samuel ,
and he
crieth
unto
Jehovah
all
the night.
“
I regret
that I have
made
Saul king, for he has
turned away
from following
Me and has
not carried
out
My
instructions.”
And Samuel was
distressed
and cried
out
to
the LORD
all
that
night.
And
Samuel
riseth
early to
meet
Saul
in the morning ,
and
it
is
declared
to
Samuel, saying
, `
Saul hath
come
in
to Carmel, and lo
, he is
setting
up to
himself
a monument ,
and
goeth
round,
and passeth
over,
and goeth
down to Gilgal. '
Early in the morning Samuel got
up
to
confront
Saul
, but
he
was
told
, “
Saul has
gone
to Carmel, and behold
, he has
set
up a monument for
himself
and has
turned
and gone
down to Gilgal. ”
And
Samuel cometh
in
unto
Saul
, and
Saul saith
to him, `Blessed
`art'
thou
of
Jehovah;
I have performed
the word
of
Jehovah
. '
When
Samuel reached
him
, Saul said
to him, “May
the
LORD
bless
you.
I have carried
out
the LORD’s
instructions
. ”
And
Samuel saith
, `And
what `
is '
the
noise
of
this flock
in
mine
ears
--
and the
noise
of the
herd
which
I am
hearing
? '
But
Samuel replied
, “Then
what is this bleating
of
sheep
and lowing
of cattle
that
I hear
? ”
And
Saul saith
, `From
Amalek
they
have
brought them ,
because
the people
had
pity
on
the best of
the
flock,
and of
the
herd,
in
order
to sacrifice to Jehovah
thy
God, and
the remnant
we have
devoted. '
Saul answered
, “The
troops
brought them from
the Amalekites;
they
spared
the best sheep
and cattle
to sacrifice to the
LORD
your
God, but
the rest
we devoted to
destruction
. ”
And
Samuel saith
unto
Saul,
`Desist,
and
I
declare
to
thee
that
which
Jehovah
hath
spoken
unto
me to -
night ;'
and
he
saith
to
him
, `Speak
. '
“Stop!”
exclaimed
Samuel .
“Let
me tell
you
what
the
LORD
said
to me
last
night .”
“Tell
me
, ”
Saul
replied
.
And Samuel saith,
`Art
not
thou
, if
thou
`art'
little
in thine
own eyes, head of the tribes of Israel? and
Jehovah
doth
anoint
thee
for
king over Israel ,
And Samuel said
, “Although
you
were
once
small
in your
own eyes, have
you
not
become
the
head of the tribes of Israel? The
LORD
anointed
you
king over Israel
and Jehovah
sendeth
thee
in
the
way
, and
saith
, Go ,
and thou
hast
devoted
the
sinners,
the Amalekite,
and
fought
against them till
they
are
consumed;
and sent
you
on
a
mission
, saying
, ‘
Go and devote
to
destruction
the sinful
Amalekites.
Fight
against them until
you
have
wiped
them
out.’
and
why hast
thou
not hearkened
to
the voice
of
Jehovah
--
and
dost
fly
unto
the spoil,
and dost
do the
evil thing
in the eyes
of Jehovah
? '
So
why did
you
not obey
the LORD?
Why
did
you
rush
upon
the plunder
and do evil in the sight
of the
LORD
? ”
And
Saul
saith
unto
Samuel,
`Because
--
I have
hearkened
to
the voice
of
Jehovah
, and
I go
in
the way
which
Jehovah
hath
sent
me ,
and
bring
in
Agag king of Amalek ,
and Amalek
I
have
devoted ;
“But
I did
obey
the LORD
, ”
Saul
replied.
“
I went
on
the mission
that
the
LORD
gave
me .
I
brought
back
Agag king of Amalek and devoted the
Amalekites
to
destruction.
and
the people
taketh
of
the
spoil
of
the
flock
and herd
, the first
part
of the devoted thing
, for
sacrifice to Jehovah
thy
God in
Gilgal. '
The troops
took
sheep
and cattle
from
the
plunder
, the best
of the things
devoted to
destruction
, in
order
to
sacrifice them
to the
LORD
your
God at
Gilgal. ”
And
Samuel saith,
`Hath
Jehovah
had
delight in burnt -
offerings and sacrifices as `
in '
hearkening
to the
voice of
Jehovah
? lo
, hearkening
than sacrifice is better ;
to
give
attention
than fat of rams ;
But
Samuel declared:
“Does
the
LORD
delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much
as
in obedience
to His
voice? Behold
, obedience
is
better
than sacrifice ,
and
attentiveness
is better than the
fat of rams .
for a
sin of divination `is'
rebellion
, and iniquity
and
teraphim
`
is '
stubbornness;
because thou
hast
rejected the word of Jehovah
, He also
doth
reject
thee
from
`being'
king. '
For rebellion
is
like
the
sin of divination, and arrogance
is like
the
wickedness
of
idolatry.
Because you
have
rejected the word of the
LORD
, He has
rejected
you
as
king. ”
And
Saul saith
unto
Samuel, `
I have sinned ,
for
I passed
over
the command
of
Jehovah,
and thy
words;
because I have
feared the people ,
I
also
hearken
to
their voice ;
Then
Saul said
to
Samuel, “
I have sinned ;
I have
transgressed
the LORD’s
commandment
and your
instructions,
because I feared the people and
obeyed
their voice .
and
now ,
bear,
I
pray
thee
, with
my sin ,
and turn
back
with me ,
and
I bow
myself
to
Jehovah
. '
Now therefore
, please
forgive
my sin and return
with me so
I can
worship
the
LORD
. ”
And
Samuel
saith
unto
Saul,
`
I do
not turn
back
with thee;
for thou
hast
rejected the word of Jehovah
, and Jehovah
doth
reject
thee
from
being
king over Israel. '
“
I will
not return
with you,”
Samuel
replied.
“
For you
have
rejected the word of the
LORD
, and He
has
rejected
you
as
king over Israel. ”
And
Samuel turneth
round
to go, and
he
layeth
hold
on
the skirt
of his upper
robe --
and it is
rent!
As
Samuel turned
to go, Saul
grabbed
the hem
of his robe ,
and it tore.
And
Samuel saith
unto
him, `Jehovah
hath
rent
the kingdom of Israel from thee
to-day,
and given it to thy
neighbour
who is better than thou;
So
Samuel said
to
him, “
The LORD
has
torn
the
kingdom of Israel from you
today
and has
given it to your
neighbor
who is better than you.
and
also
, the Pre-eminence
of Israel doth
not lie nor
repent
, for He `
is '
not a man to
be
penitent
. '
Moreover
, the Glory
of Israel does
not lie or
change
His
mind
, for He is not a man ,
that
He
should
change
His
mind
. ”
And
he
saith,
`
I have sinned ;
now
, honour
me ,
I
pray
thee,
before the elders of my people ,
and before Israel ,
and
turn
back with me ;
and
I have
bowed
myself
to
Jehovah
thy
God. '
“
I have sinned, ”
Saul
replied.
“Please
honor
me now
before the elders of my people and before Israel .
Come
back with me ,
so
that
I may
worship
the
LORD
your
God. ”
And
Samuel turneth
back after
Saul, and Saul boweth
himself
to
Jehovah;
So
Samuel went
back with
Saul, and Saul worshiped
the
LORD.
and
Samuel saith
, `
Bring ye
nigh
unto
me Agag king of Amalek,'
and
Agag cometh
unto
him daintily
, and
Agag
saith
, `
Surely the bitterness of death hath
turned
aside
. '
Then
Samuel said
, “
Bring me Agag king of the
Amalekites.”
Agag came
to
him cheerfully
, for
he
thought
, “
Surely the bitterness of death is
past
. ”
And
Samuel saith,
`
As thy
sword bereaved
women --
so is
thy
mother bereaved
above
women ;'
and Samuel heweth
Agag in
pieces before Jehovah
in
Gilgal.
But
Samuel declared:
“
As your
sword has
made
women childless,
so your
mother will
be
childless
among
women .”
And Samuel hacked
Agag to
pieces before the
LORD
at
Gilgal.
And
Samuel goeth
to Ramath
, and
Saul hath
gone
unto
his
house
--
to Gibeah of Saul.
Then
Samuel went
to Ramah
, but
Saul went
up
to his
home
in
Gibeah of Saul.
And Samuel
hath
not
added
to see
Saul
till
the day of his death, for
Samuel mourned for Saul, and Jehovah
repented
that He had caused
Saul to
reign
over Israel.
And to the day of his death, Samuel never
again
visited
Saul.
Samuel
mourned for Saul, and the
LORD
regretted
that He had made
Saul king
over Israel.
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