H9002–/וְ–v

And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

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

And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

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

And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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

And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (וַ) va. “and”

And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

וְאַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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 repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

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

And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

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

Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

וְאַגִּ֣ידָה (וְ) ve. “so”

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

וְלָ֥מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

וּבָקָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

וּזְבָחִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

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

And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

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

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

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

Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

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

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

וְשָׁא֛וּל (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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