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Kill men and women, infants and nursing babies, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then Saul summoned the troops and counted them at Telaim: two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men from Judah. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Saul came to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He warned the Kenites,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came out of Egypt,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> go on and leave! Get away from the Amalekites, or I’ll sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites withdrew from the Amalekites.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then Saul struck down the Amalekites<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> from Havilah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> all the way to Shur,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.7.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> which is next to Egypt. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He captured King Agag<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> of Amalek alive, but he completely destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Saul and the troops spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and choice animals,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Samuel.15.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">†</span></a> as well as the young rams and the best of everything else. They were not willing to destroy them, but they did destroy all the worthless and unwanted things.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the word of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> came to Samuel, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“I regret that I made Saul king,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my instructions.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> So Samuel became angry and cried out to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> all night.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.11.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but it was reported to Samuel, “Saul went to Carmel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> where he set up a monument for himself. Then he turned around and went down to Gilgal.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When Samuel came to him, Saul said, “May the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> bless you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> I have carried out the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s instructions.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Samuel replied, “Then what is this sound of sheep, goats, and cattle I hear? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites and spared the best sheep, goats, and cattle in order to offer a sacrifice to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> your God,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> but the rest we destroyed.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Stop! ” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> said to me last night.”</p><p class="scripture">“Tell me,” he replied.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Samuel continued, “Although you once considered yourself unimportant,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> haven’t you become the leader of the tribes of Israel? The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> anointed you king over Israel <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and then sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have annihilated them.’ <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So why didn’t you obey the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>? Why did you rush on the plunder<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> and do what was evil in the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s sight? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“But I did obey the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>! ” Saul answered.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Samuel.15.20.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">†</span></a> “I went on the mission the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> gave me: I brought back King Agag of Amalek, and I completely destroyed the Amalekites. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The troops took sheep, goats, and cattle from the plunder — the best of what was set apart for destruction — to sacrifice to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> your God at Gilgal.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Samuel said:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">Does the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices</p><p class="poem">as much as in obeying the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>?</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">Look: to obey is better than sacrifice,</p><p class="poem">to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.22.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For rebellion is like the sin of divination,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="poem">and defiance is like wickedness<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.23.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> and idolatry.</p><p class="poem">Because you have rejected the word of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">he has rejected you as king.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.23.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Saul answered Samuel, “I have sinned.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> I have transgressed the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s command<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.24.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> and your words. Because I was afraid of the people, I obeyed them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now therefore, please forgive my sin<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> and return with me so I can worship the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Samuel replied to Saul, “I will not return with you. Because you rejected the word of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has rejected you from being king over Israel.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the corner of his robe, and it tore. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Samuel said to him, “The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has torn the kingship of Israel away from you today<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.28.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Furthermore, the Eternal One of Israel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> does not lie or change his mind, for he is not man who changes his mind.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.29.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Saul said, “I have sinned. Please honor me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me so I can bow in worship to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> your God.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.30.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then Samuel went back, following Saul, and Saul bowed down to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of Amalek.”</p><p class="scripture">Agag came to him trembling,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Samuel.15.32.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">†</span></a> for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Samuel.15.32.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">†</span></a><a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Samuel.15.32.3"><span class="fnAlphabet">†</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Samuel declared:</p><blockquote class="dynprose"><p>As your sword has made women childless,</p><p>so your mother will be childless among women.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.33.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="noind">Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> at Gilgal.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Samuel went to Ramah,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.34.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> and Saul went up to his home in Gibeah<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.34.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> of Saul. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Samuel.15.35" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Even to the day of his death, Samuel never saw Saul again.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> Samuel mourned for Saul,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Samuel.15.35.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a> and the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> regretted he had made Saul king over Israel.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-1_Samuel.15" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.1_Samuel.15.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.2">15:2</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">I will avenge</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Samuel.15.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.9">15:9</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">and the second ones</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Samuel.15.20.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.20">15:20</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">answered Samuel</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Samuel.15.32.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.32">15:32</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.1_Samuel.15.32.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.32">15:32</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">“Is death bitter in this way? ”</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Samuel.15.32.3"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.32">15:32</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">turned</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-1_Samuel.15" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.1">15:1</a></span> 1Sm 9:16</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.2">15:2</a></span> Ex 17:8–16; Nm 24:20; Dt 25:17–19</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.3">15:3</a></span> Nm 24:20; Dt 20:16–18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.3">15:3</a></span> Jos 6:17–21; 1Sm 22:19</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.6">15:6</a></span> Jdg 1:16; 4:11</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.6">15:6</a></span> Ex 18:9–10; Nm 10:29–32</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.7">15:7</a></span> 1Sm 14:48</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.7">15:7</a></span> Gn 16:7; 25:17–18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.7.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.7">15:7</a></span> Ex 15:22; 1Sm 27:8</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.8">15:8</a></span> Nm 24:7; Est 3:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.8">15:8</a></span> 1Sm 27:8; 30:1; 2Sm 8:12</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.11">15:11</a></span> Gn 6:6–7; Ex 32:14; 2Sm 24:16</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.11">15:11</a></span> 1Kg 9:6–7</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.11.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.11">15:11</a></span> Ex 32:11–13; Lk 6:12</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.12">15:12</a></span> Jos 15:55; 1Sm 25:2</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.12">15:12</a></span> 1Sm 13:13–14</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.13">15:13</a></span> Gn 14:19; 2Sm 2:5</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.15">15:15</a></span> Gn 3:12–13</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.14">15:14-15</a></span> Ex 32:21–24</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.17">15:17</a></span> 1Sm 9:21</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.19">15:19</a></span> 1Sm 14:32</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.21">15:21</a></span> Ex 32:22–23</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.22">15:22</a></span> Ps 40:6–8; 51:16–17; Is 1:11–15; Mc 6:6–8</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.22.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.22">15:22</a></span> Heb 10:5–7</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.23">15:23</a></span> Dt 18:10</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.23.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.23">15:23</a></span> Gn 31:19,34</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.23.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.23">15:23</a></span> 1Sm 8:7</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.24">15:24</a></span> Nm 22:34; 2Sm 12:13; Ps 51:3–4</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.24.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.24">15:24</a></span> Pr 29:25; Is 51:12–13</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.25">15:25</a></span> Ex 10:17</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.26">15:26</a></span> 1Sm 13:14; 16:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.28">15:28</a></span> 1Sm 28:17–18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.28.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.27">15:27-28</a></span> 1Kg 11:30–36</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.29">15:29</a></span> 1Ch 29:11; Ps 18:1–2</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.29.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.29">15:29</a></span> Nm 23:19; Ezk 24:14</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.30">15:30</a></span> Jn 12:43</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.30.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.30">15:30</a></span> Is 29:13</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.33.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.33">15:33</a></span> Gn 9:6; Jdg 1:7; Mt 7:2</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.34.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.34">15:34</a></span> 1Sm 7:17</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.34.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.34">15:34</a></span> 1Sm 11:4</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.35">15:35</a></span> 1Sm 19:24</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Samuel.15.35.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Samuel.15.35">15:35</a></span> 1Sm 16:1</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-1_Samuel.15" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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