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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.

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֧ם (וַ) va “and”וַיֻּגַּ֨ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסֹּב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖רֶד (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “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.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “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.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָ֧ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.

וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

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?

וַתַּ֙עַט֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va. “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.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ (וָ) va. “and”וָאָבִ֗יא (וָ) va. “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.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “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.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “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.

וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֖ (וַ) va “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.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֶשְׁמַ֖ע (וָ) va. “and”

And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the Lord, and the Lord has put you from your place as king over Israel.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣ (וַ) va “and”

And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the cloth came away.

וַיִּסֹּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲזֵ֥ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּרַֽע׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּנְתָנָ֕הּ (וּ) u. “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.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֖יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

So Samuel went back after Saul, and Saul gave worship to the Lord.

וַיָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaking with fear. And Agag said, Truly the pain of death is past.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said, As your sword has made women without children, so now your mother will be without children among women. And Agag was cut up by Samuel, bone from bone, before the Lord in Gilgal.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁסֵּ֨ף (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among hi

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְשָׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲרָגָ֑נִי (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”

And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.

וְקָרָ֥אתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣ (וּ) u. “and”

And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחֶרְד֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”