Verse 24

1 Samuel 15:24

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24 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.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֤וּל אֶל שְׁמוּאֵל֙ חָטָ֔אתִי כִּֽי עָבַ֥רְתִּי אֶת פִּֽי יְהוָ֖ה וְ/אֶת דְּבָרֶ֑י/ךָ כִּ֤י יָרֵ֨אתִי֙ אֶת הָ/עָ֔ם וָ/אֶשְׁמַ֖ע בְּ/קוֹלָֽ/ם

English Translation

And Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice."

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Chapter 15 Context

1 And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his p... Focus ↗

2 The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting agains... Focus ↗

3 Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death... Focus ↗

4 And Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten t... Focus ↗

5 And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly. Focus ↗

6 And Saul said to the Kenites, Go away, take yourselves out from among the Amalekites, or destruction... Focus ↗

7 And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt. Focus ↗

8 He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy. Focus ↗

9 But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen... Focus ↗

10 Then the Lord said to Samuel, Focus ↗

11 It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and ha... Focus ↗

12 And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come... Focus ↗

13 And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done... Focus ↗

14 And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to... Focus ↗

15 And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sh... Focus ↗

16 Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this nig... Focus ↗

17 And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? f... Focus ↗

18 And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites,... Focus ↗

19 Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the... Focus ↗

20 And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I h... Focus ↗

21 But the people took some of their goods, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which were put to t... Focus ↗

22 And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of h... Focus ↗

23 For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like... Focus ↗

24 And Saul said to Samuel, Great is my sin: for I have gone against the orders of the Lord and against...

25 So now, let my sin have forgiveness, and go back with me to give worship to the Lord. Focus ↗

26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the... Focus ↗

27 And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the c... Focus ↗

28 And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, an... Focus ↗

29 And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for... Focus ↗

30 Then he said, Great is my sin: but still, give me honour now before the heads of my people and befor... Focus ↗

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

32 Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaki... Focus ↗

33 And Samuel said, As your sword has made women without children, so now your mother will be without c... Focus ↗

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

35 And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 15 (35 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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