Verse 9

1 Samuel 15:9

King James Version

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9 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.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּחְמֹל֩ שָׁא֨וּל וְ/הָ/עָ֜ם עַל אֲגָ֗ג וְ/עַל מֵיטַ֣ב הַ/צֹּאן֩ וְ/הַ/בָּקָ֨ר וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁנִ֤ים וְ/עַל הַ/כָּרִים֙ וְ/עַל כָּל הַ/טּ֔וֹב וְ/לֹ֥א אָב֖וּ הַחֲרִימָ֑/ם וְ/כָל הַ/מְּלָאכָ֛ה נְמִבְזָ֥ה וְ/נָמֵ֖ס אֹתָ֥/הּ הֶחֱרִֽימוּ

English Translation

And Saul had compassion on Agag and on the best of the sheep and on the cattle and on the fattened animals and on all that was good, and he did not want to destroy them; but all the despised and weak things, those he completely destroyed.

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Chapter 15 Context

1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel... Focus ↗

2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him i... Focus ↗

3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both m... Focus ↗

4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, an... Focus ↗

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. Focus ↗

6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy y... Focus ↗

7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. Focus ↗

8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edg... Focus ↗

9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings...

10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, Focus ↗

11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hat... Focus ↗

12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Car... Focus ↗

13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the... Focus ↗

14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the ox... Focus ↗

15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the she... Focus ↗

16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And... Focus ↗

17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes... Focus ↗

18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, an... Focus ↗

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst ev... Focus ↗

20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the... Focus ↗

21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utt... Focus ↗

22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the... Focus ↗

23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because tho... Focus ↗

24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and t... Focus ↗

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

26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD,... Focus ↗

27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. Focus ↗

28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath give... Focus ↗

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

30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and bef... Focus ↗

31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. Focus ↗

32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him deli... Focus ↗

33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among wome... Focus ↗

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

35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 15 (35 verses)
Version: King James Version

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