english Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Samuel Book, chapter 15, verse 28 in Mkjv Version

1 Samuel 15 : 1 (MKJV)

And Samuel said to Saul, Jehovah sent me to anoint you to be king over His people, over Israel. And now listen to the voice of the words of Jehovah.

1 Samuel 15 : 2 (MKJV)

So says Jehovah of Hosts, I will visit Amalek with what he did to Israel, how he set against him in the way when he came up from Egypt.

1 Samuel 15 : 3 (MKJV)

Now go and strike Amalek, and completely destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

1 Samuel 15 : 4 (MKJV)

And Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

1 Samuel 15 : 5 (MKJV)

And Saul came to a city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

1 Samuel 15 : 6 (MKJV)

And Saul said to the Kenites, Go! Depart! Get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15 : 7 (MKJV)

And Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah, as you come to Shur, which is over across from Egypt.

1 Samuel 15 : 8 (MKJV)

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive. And he completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 15 : 9 (MKJV)

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 completely destroy them. But everything that was vile and feeble they completely destroyed.

1 Samuel 15 : 10 (MKJV)

And the Word of Jehovah came to Samuel saying,

1 Samuel 15 : 11 (MKJV)

It repents Me that I have set up Saul to be king. For he has turned back from following Me and has not done My commands. And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to Jehovah all night.

1 Samuel 15 : 12 (MKJV)

And when Samuel rose up early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told to Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a place for himself, and has gone around and passed on and gone down to Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15 : 13 (MKJV)

And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, You are blessed of Jehovah. I have done the command of Jehovah.

1 Samuel 15 : 14 (MKJV)

And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the flock in my ears? And what is the sound of the herd which I hear?

1 Samuel 15 : 15 (MKJV)

And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to Jehovah your God. And the rest we have completely destroyed.

1 Samuel 15 : 16 (MKJV)

And Samuel said to Saul, Stop! And I will tell you what Jehovah has said to me tonight. And he said to him, Speak.

1 Samuel 15 : 17 (MKJV)

And Samuel said, When you were little in your own sight, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? And Jehovah anointed you king over Israel.

1 Samuel 15 : 18 (MKJV)

And Jehovah sent you on the way and said, Go and completely destroy the sinners, Amalek, and fight against them until you destroy them.

1 Samuel 15 : 19 (MKJV)

Why then did you not obey the voice of Jehovah? Why did you fly on the spoil and do evil in the sight of Jehovah?

1 Samuel 15 : 20 (MKJV)

And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have completely destroyed the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15 : 21 (MKJV)

But the people took from the spoil, of the flocks and herd, the best of the things devoted to sacrifice to Jehovah your God in Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15 : 22 (MKJV)

And Samuel said, Does Jehovah delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice! To listen is better than the fat of rams!

1 Samuel 15 : 23 (MKJV)

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idol-worship. Because you have rejected the Word of Jehovah, He has also rejected you from being king!

1 Samuel 15 : 24 (MKJV)

And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned. For I have disobeyed the command of Jehovah, and your word, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

1 Samuel 15 : 25 (MKJV)

And now please pardon my sin and turn again with me so that I may worship Jehovah.

1 Samuel 15 : 26 (MKJV)

And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you, for you have rejected the Word of Jehovah, and Jehovah has rejected you from being king over Israel.

1 Samuel 15 : 27 (MKJV)

And Samuel turned around to go, and he laid hold on the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

1 Samuel 15 : 28 (MKJV)

And Samuel said to him, Jehovah has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

1 Samuel 15 : 29 (MKJV)

And also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor repent, for He is not a man that He should repent.

1 Samuel 15 : 30 (MKJV)

Then he said, I have sinned. Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and turn again with me. And I shall worship Jehovah your God.

1 Samuel 15 : 31 (MKJV)

And Samuel turned again after Saul, and Saul worshiped Jehovah.

1 Samuel 15 : 32 (MKJV)

And Samuel said, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him daintily. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

1 Samuel 15 : 33 (MKJV)

And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15 : 34 (MKJV)

And Samuel went to Ramah. And Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

1 Samuel 15 : 35 (MKJV)

And Samuel never again saw Saul until the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul. And Jehovah repented that He had made Saul king over Israel.