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And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the L<font size="1">ORD</font> all night. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded on down to Gilgal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, Blessed are you of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>! I have carried out the command of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>But Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Then Samuel said to Saul, Wait, and let me tell you what the L<font size="1">ORD</font> said to me last night. And he said to him, Speak! <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Samuel said, Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were <i>made</i> the head of the tribes of Israel? And the L<font size="1">ORD</font> anointed you king over Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>and the L<font size="1">ORD</font> sent you on a mission, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Why then did you not obey the voice of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>? <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Saul said to Samuel, I did obey the voice of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, and went on the mission on which the L<font size="1">ORD</font> sent me, and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>But the people took <i>some</i> of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God at Gilgal. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Samuel said,<br>         Has the L<font size="1">ORD</font> as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices<br>         As in obeying the voice of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>?<br>         Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,<br>         <i>And</i> to heed than the fat of rams. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>For rebellion is as the sin of divination,<br>         And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.<br>         Because you have rejected the word of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br>         He has also rejected you from <i>being</i> king. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Then Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; I have indeed transgressed the command of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me, that I may worship the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>But Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, and the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has rejected you from being king over Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>As Samuel turned to go, <i>Saul</i> seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>So Samuel said to him, The L<font size="1">ORD</font> has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>Then he said, I have sinned; <i>but</i> please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, that I may worship the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>So Samuel went back following Saul, and Saul worshiped the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>Then Samuel said, Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>But Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the L<font size="1">ORD</font> at Gilgal. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And the L<font size="1">ORD</font> regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Saul smote Amalec from Hevila, until thou comest to Sur, which is over against Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/1_samuel/15.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Saul Smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah -- thy going in to Shur, which is on the front of Egypt,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/saul_rejected.htm">Saul Rejected</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/saul_rejected.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bernard/some_letters_of_saint_bernard_abbot_of_clairvaux/letter_iv_to_the_prior.htm">Letter iv to the Prior and Monks of the Grand Chartreuse</a><br></span><span class="snippet">To the Prior and Monks of the Grand Chartreuse He commends himself to their prayers. To the very dear Lord and Reverend father Guigues, Prior of the Grande Chartreuse, and to the holy brethren who are with him, Brother Bernard of Clairvaux offers his humble service. In the first place, when lately I approached your parts, I was prevented by unfavourable circumstances from coming to see you and to make your acquaintance; and although my excuse may perhaps be satisfactory to you, I am not able, I confess, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bernard/some_letters_of_saint_bernard_abbot_of_clairvaux/letter_iv_to_the_prior.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Bernard of Clairvaux—</span><span class="citation2">Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/confession_of_sina_sermon_with.htm">Confession of Sin --A Sermon with Seven Texts</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The Hardened Sinner. PHARAOH--"I have sinned."--Exodus 9:27. I. The first case I shall bring before you is that of the HARDENED SINNER, who, when under terror, says, "I have sinned." And you will find the text in the book of Exodus, the 9th chap. and 27th verse: "And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked." But why this confession from the lips of the haughty tyrant? He was not often wont to <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/confession_of_sina_sermon_with.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_ten_commandments/1_1_obedience.htm">Obedience</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments.' Deut 27: 9, 10. What is the duty which God requireth of man? Obedience to his revealed will. It is not enough to hear God's voice, but we must obey. Obedience is a part of the honour we owe to God. If then I be a Father, where is my honour?' Mal 1: 6. Obedience carries in it the life-blood of religion. Obey the voice of the Lord <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_ten_commandments/1_1_obedience.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">The Ten Commandments</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_vi_that_the_ruler.htm">That the Ruler Should Be, through Humility, a Companion of Good Livers, But, through the Zeal of Righteousness, Rigid against the vices of Evildoers. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">The ruler should be, through humility, a companion of good livers, and, through the zeal of righteousness, rigid against the vices of evil-doers; so that in nothing he prefer himself to the good, and yet, when the fault of the bad requires it, he be at once conscious of the power of his priority; to the end that, while among his subordinates who live well he waives his rank and accounts them as his equals, he may not fear to execute the laws of rectitude towards the perverse. For, as I remember to <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_vi_that_the_ruler.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Leo the Great—</span><span class="citation2">Writings of Leo the Great</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/10_the_truth_of_god.htm">The Truth of God</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The next attribute is God's truth. A God of truth and without iniquity; just and right is he.' Deut 32:4. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.' Psa 57:10. Plenteous in truth.' Psa 86:15. I. God is the truth. He is true in a physical sense; true in his being: he has a real subsistence, and gives a being to others. He is true in a moral sense; he is true sine errore, without errors; et sine fallacia, without deceit. God is prima veritas, the pattern and prototype <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/10_the_truth_of_god.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Body of Divinity</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/6_blessed_are_they_that.htm">Blessed are they that Mourn</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Blessed are they that mourn. Matthew 5:4 Here are eight steps leading to true blessedness. They may be compared to Jacob's Ladder, the top whereof reached to heaven. We have already gone over one step, and now let us proceed to the second: Blessed are they that mourn'. We must go through the valley of tears to paradise. Mourning were a sad and unpleasant subject to treat on, were it not that it has blessedness going before, and comfort coming after. Mourning is put here for repentance. It implies <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/6_blessed_are_they_that.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edwards/the_expositors_bible_the_epistle_to_the_hebrews/chapter_viii_the_new_covenant.htm">The New Covenant. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Now in the things which we are saying the chief point is this: We have such a High-priest, Who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. For every high-priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this High-priest also have somewhat to offer. Now if He were on earth, He would not be a Priest at all, seeing there are those who offer <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edwards/the_expositors_bible_the_epistle_to_the_hebrews/chapter_viii_the_new_covenant.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Charles Edwards—</span><span class="citation2">The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/brown/christ_the_way_the_truth_and_the_life/chapter_iii_how_christ_is.htm">How Christ is the Way in General, "I am the Way. "</a><br></span><span class="snippet">We come now to speak more particularly to the words; and, first, Of his being a way. Our design being to point at the way of use-making of Christ in all our necessities, straits, and difficulties which are in our way to heaven; and particularly to point out the way how believers should make use of Christ in all their particular exigencies; and so live by faith in him, walk in him, grow up in him, advance and march forward toward glory in him. It will not be amiss to speak of this fulness of Christ <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/brown/christ_the_way_the_truth_and_the_life/chapter_iii_how_christ_is.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Brown (of Wamphray)—</span><span class="citation2">Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/samuel.htm">Samuel</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/samuel.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/1_samuel/15-7.htm">1 Samuel 15:7 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/15-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 15:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 15:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/15-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 15:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 15:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/1_samuel/15-7.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>