I. SAMUEL

19 Wherefore then didst thou not hobey the_voice_of / the Lorp, but didst_
fiy upon the spoil, and didst xevil in)
the_sight_of / the Lorp ?” 20 And Saul said unto Samuél, “ Yea, I-have_h obeyed the_voice_of! the Lorp, and have_gone the way which ! the Lorp sent me, and have_brought ~Agag the_ king_of Amalek, and -have_utterly_ de destroyed -the Amalekites.
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the_chief_of the things_ which_should_haye_been= utterly_de de- stroyed, to sacrifice unto / the Lorp thy =God in xGilgal.”
22 And Samuél said, “ Hath ! the Lorp as great delight in «s burnt_offerings and sacrifices, as ‘in_obeying the_voice_
of Jthe Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the_fat_of rams.
2 For rebellion is as the _sin_of di witchcraft, and xstubbornness is as iniquity and ‘idolatry. Because thou ‘hast_rejected -the_word_of J the Lorp, He hath also rejected thee from being king.”
24 And Saul said unto Samuél, “I shave_sinned : for I -have_transgressed -the_~ commandment_of ‘the Lorp, and thy -words : because I feared -the people, and } obeyed their voice.
2> Now therefore, I_pray_thee, -pardon my «sin, and"-turn_again with me, that I may_worship 4 the Lorp.”
25 And Samuél said unto Saul, “I will not return with thee: for thou -hast_ rejected -the_word_of J the Lorp, and ‘the Lorphath_rejected thee from being a: over Israél.”
2 And as Samuél turned_about to go_away, he laid_hold upon the_skirt_ of his mantle, and it rent.
28 And Samuél said unto him, “! The Lorp -hath-rent +the_ kingdom -of Is- raél from thee this day, and {-hath_given it to a neighbour-of thine, that is better than thou,
23 And also the_eStrength_of Israél will not lie nor repent : for He is not a aman, that He should_repent.”
30 Then he said, “I -have_sinned : yet ‘honour me now, I_pray-_thee, before the_elders_of my people, and before Is- raél, and -turn_again with me, that I smay_worship ? the Lorp thy =God.”
31So Samuel turned_again after Saul; and Saul worshipped ! the Lorn.
82 Then said Samuél, “-Bring_ye_ hither to me -Agag the_king_of the Amalekites.”. And Agag came unto him wdelicately. And Agag said, “Surely the _ bitterness _ of xdeath is_ ¢ past.”
%3 And Samuél said, “ac As thy sword ‘hath_made women childless, so shall thy mother be_childless among women.” And Samuél hewed -Agag in_pieces before J the Lorp in xGilgal.
*4 Then Samuél went to xRamah; and Saul went_up to his house to Gi beah_of Saul.
35 And Samuél came no more to see Saul until the_day_of his death: nevertheless Samuél mourned_forSaul: and 4 the Lorp repented that He Bogle made sskibin king over Israél,
KY. 35. B.C.about 1079.
h. hear, J. Jehovah.
ho heard. |
de, devoted,
2.
as. ascend- ing-offer-
ings. i. in-hear- aes
h. hear. di. divina- tion. t. teraphim, or house- hold-gods. SAUL Con- FESSES HIS
SIN.
ae Proy. 29.
™. F iigtith-of Jehovah,
h. have- hearkened to.
27, 28. See 1 Kin. 11. 11-13, 31.
e. Eternity, or Victory, Heb. neet-
SAUL WORSHIPS JEHOVAH.
AGAG HEWED IN PIECES,
w. or willingly. t. turned_ anaes or removed. 33. James 2. 13.
ae. accord- ing as.
SAMUEL MOURNS FOR SAUL.
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