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The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, brother of Saul's father.

וְשֵׁם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were sons of Abiel.

וְקִ֧ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֵ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death every man and woman, every child and baby at the breast, every ox and sheep, camel and ass.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (וַ) va. “and”

And Saul said to the Kenites, Go away, take yourselves out from among the Amalekites, or destruction will overtake you with them: for you were kind to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt. So the Kenites went away from among the Amalekites.

וְאַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”

He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs, and whatever was good, not desiring to put them to the curse: but everything which was bad and of no use they put to the

וְהָעָ֜ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַבָּקָ֨ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמִּשְׁנִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָמֵ֖ס (וְ) ve. “and”

It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?

וּמֶ֛ה (וּ) u. “and”וְק֣וֹל (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God; all the rest we have given up to destruction.

וְהַבָּקָ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.

וְאַגִּ֣ידָה (וְ) ve. “so”

Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?

וְלָ֥מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the people took some of their goods, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which were put to the curse, to make an offering of them to the Lord your God in Gilgal.

וּבָקָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.

וּזְבָחִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.

וְאָ֥וֶן (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְרָפִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul said to Samuel, Great is my sin: for I have gone against the orders of the Lord and against your words: because, fearing the people, I did what they said.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So now, let my sin have forgiveness, and go back with me to give worship to the Lord.

וְעַתָּ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשׁ֣וּב (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a man, whose purpose may be changed.

וְגַם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he said, Great is my sin: but still, give me honour now before the heads of my people and before Israel, and come back with me so that I may give worship to the Lord your God.

וְנֶ֣גֶד (וְ) ve. “and”וְשׁ֣וּב (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.

וְשָׁא֛וּל (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיהוָ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”