1 Samuel 15:11-24 "It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments." Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.

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11 H5162 "It grieves H4427 me that I have set up H7586 Saul H4428 to be king; H7725 for he is turned back H310 from following H6965 me, and has not performed H1697 my commandments." H8050 Samuel H2734 was angry; H2199 and he cried H3068 to Yahweh H3915 all night.

12 H8050 Samuel H7925 rose early H7125 to meet H7586 Saul H1242 in the morning; H5046 and it was told H8050 Samuel, H559 saying, H7586 "Saul H935 came H3760 to Carmel, H5324 and behold, he set up H3027 a monument H5437 for himself, and turned, H5674 and passed on, H3381 and went down H1537 to Gilgal."

13 H8050 Samuel H935 came H7586 to Saul; H7586 and Saul H559 said H1288 to him, "You are blessed H3068 by Yahweh! H6965 I have performed H1697 the commandment H3068 of Yahweh."

14 H8050 Samuel H559 said, H6963 "Then what does this bleating H6629 of the sheep H241 in my ears, H6963 and the lowing H1241 of the cattle H8085 which I hear mean?"

15 H7586 Saul H559 said, H935 "They have brought H6003 them from the Amalekites; H5971 for the people H2550 spared H4315 the best H6629 of the sheep H1241 and of the cattle, H2076 to sacrifice H3068 to Yahweh H430 your God. H2763 We have utterly destroyed H3498 the rest."

16 H8050 Then Samuel H559 said H7586 to Saul, H7503 "Stay, H5046 and I will tell H3068 you what Yahweh H1696 has said H3915 to me last night." H1696 He said H1696 to him, "Say on."

17 H8050 Samuel H559 said, H6996 "Though you were little H5869 in your own sight, H7218 weren't you made the head H7626 of the tribes H3478 of Israel? H3068 Yahweh H4886 anointed H4428 you king H3478 over Israel;

18 H3068 and Yahweh H7971 sent H1870 you on a journey, H559 and said, H3212 ‘Go, H2763 and utterly destroy H2400 the sinners H6002 the Amalekites, H3898 and fight H3615 against them until they are consumed.'

19 H8085 Why then didn't you obey H6963 the voice H3068 of Yahweh, H5860 but took H7998 the spoils, H6213 and did H7451 that which was evil H5869 in the sight H3068 of Yahweh?"

20 H7586 Saul H559 said H8050 to Samuel, H8085 "But I have obeyed H6963 the voice H3068 of Yahweh, H3212 and have gone H1870 the way H3068 which Yahweh H7971 sent H935 me, and have brought H90 Agag H4428 the king H6002 of Amalek, H2763 and have utterly destroyed H6002 the Amalekites.

21 H5971 But the people H3947 took H7998 of the spoil, H6629 sheep H1241 and cattle, H7225 the chief H2764 of the devoted H2076 things, to sacrifice H3068 to Yahweh H430 your God H1537 in Gilgal."

22 H8050 Samuel H559 said, H3068 "Has Yahweh H2656 as great delight H5930 in burnt offerings H2077 and sacrifices, H8085 as in obeying H6963 the voice H3068 of Yahweh? H8085 Behold, to obey H2896 is better H2077 than sacrifice, H8085 and to listen H2459 than the fat H352 of rams.

23 H4805 For rebellion H2403 is as the sin H7081 of witchcraft, H6484 and stubbornness H8655 is as idolatry H205 and teraphim. H3988 Because you have rejected H1697 the word H3068 of Yahweh, H3988 he has also rejected H4428 you from being king."

24 H7586 Saul H559 said H8050 to Samuel, H2398 "I have sinned; H5674 for I have transgressed H6310 the commandment H3068 of Yahweh, H1697 and your words, H3372 because I feared H5971 the people, H8085 and obeyed H6963 their voice.