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                                                          over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of
                                                          the words of the LORD.  Thus says the LORD of
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                                                          hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to
                     14:37 Saul asked counsel of God. At  the  Israel, how he ambushed him on the way
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                     request of Ahijah, Saul inquired of the Lord  when he came up from Egypt.  Now go and at-
                     regarding his battle plan. He did not answer  tack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they
                     him.Because of the sin that Saul had caused in  have, and do not spare them. But kill both
                     his army, God did not answer his inquiry. This  man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox
                     would not be the last time that the Lord would  and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”
                     refuse to respond to sinful Saul (see 28:6).  4 So Saul gathered the people together and
                                                          numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thou-
                     And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems  sand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Ju-
                   good to you.”                          dah.  And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and
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                     41 Therefore Saul said to the LORD God of  lay in wait in the valley.
                   Israel, “Give a perfect lot.” So Saul and Jona-  6 Then Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart,
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                   than were taken, but the people escaped.  And  get down from among the Amalekites, lest I
                   Saul said, “Cast lots between my son Jonathan  destroy you with them. For you showed kind-
                   and me.” So Jonathan was taken.  Then Saul  ness to all the children of Israel when they
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                   said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.”  came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites depart-
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                     And Jonathan told him, and said, “I only  ed from among the Amalekites.  And Saul
                   tasted a little honey with the end of the rod  attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the
                   that was in my hand. So now I must die!”  way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.  He also
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                     44 Saul answered, “God do so and more also;  took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and ut-
                   for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”   terly destroyed all the people with the edge of
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                     45 But the people said to Saul, “Shall Jona-  the sword.  But Saul and the people spared
                   than die, who has accomplished this great  Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the
                   deliverance in Israel? Certainly not!  As the  fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and
                   LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to  were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But
                   the ground, for he has worked with God this  everything despised and worthless, that they
                   day.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he  utterly destroyed.
                   did not die.                            10 Now the word of the LORD came to Samuel,
                     46 Then Saul returned from pursuing the Phi-  saying,  “I greatly regret that I have set up
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                   listines, and the Philistines went to their own  Saul as king, for he has turned back from fol-
                   place.                                 lowing Me, and has not performed My com-
                     47 So Saul established  his sovereignty over  mandments.” And it grieved Samuel, and he
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                   Israel, and fought against all his enemies on  cried out to the LORD all night.  So when Sam-
                   every side, against Moab, against the people  uel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it
                   of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of  was told Samuel, saying, “Saul went to
                   Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever  Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for
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                   he turned, he harassed them. And he gath-  himself; and he has gone on around, passed
                   ered an army and attacked the Amalekites,  by, and gone down to Gilgal.”  Then Samuel
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                   and delivered Israel from the hands of those  went to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed
                   who plundered them.                    are you of the LORD! I have performed the
                     49 The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Jishui, and  commandment of the LORD.”
                   Malchishua. And the names of his two daugh-  14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleat-
                   ters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab,  ing of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of
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                   and the name of the younger Michal.  The  the oxen which I hear?”
                   name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter  15 And Saul said, “They have brought them
                   of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander  from the Amalekites; for the people spared the
                   of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s  best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the
                   uncle.  Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner  LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly
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                   the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.  destroyed.”
                     52 Now there was fierce war with the  16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet! And I
                   Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul  will tell you what the LORD said to me last night.”
                   saw any strong man or any valiant man, he  And he said to him, “Speak on.”
                   took him for himself.                   17 So Samuel said, “When you  were little in
                       Samuel also said to Saul, “The LORD sent  your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes
                   15 me to anoint you king over His people,  of Israel? And did not the LORD anoint you

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