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1 Samuel · read by Robert F. Adcock
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1 Samuel 15
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Then Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'"Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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"I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions." And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, "May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD's instructions."Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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But Samuel replied, "Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?"Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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Saul answered, "The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction."Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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"Stop!" exclaimed Samuel. "Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." "Tell me," Saul replied.Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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And Samuel said, "Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over IsraelRead from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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and sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.'Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?"Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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"But I did obey the LORD," Saul replied. "I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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But Samuel declared: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15
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For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king."Read from KJV · 1 Samuel 15