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1 Samuel 14:47-15:35
New International Version
1 Samuel 14:47-15:35
New International Version
47 After Saul had assumed rule over Israel, he fought against their enemies on every side: Moab,(A) the Ammonites,(B) Edom,(C) the kings[a] of Zobah,(D) and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment on them.[b] 48 He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites,(E) delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.
Saul’s Family
49 Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi and Malki-Shua.(F) The name of his older daughter was Merab, and that of the younger was Michal.(G) 50 His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of Saul’s army was Abner(H) son of Ner, and Ner was Saul’s uncle.(I) 51 Saul’s father Kish(J) and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
52 All the days of Saul there was bitter war with the Philistines, and whenever Saul saw a mighty or brave man, he took(K) him into his service.
The Lord Rejects Saul as King
15 Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint(L) you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. 2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites(M) for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally(N) destroy[c] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
4 So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand from Judah. 5 Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine. 6 Then he said to the Kenites,(O) “Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(P) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(Q) near the eastern border of Egypt. 8 He took Agag(R) king of the Amalekites alive,(S) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared(T) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[d] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.
10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 “I regret(U) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned(V) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”(W) Samuel was angry,(X) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.
12 Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel.(Y) There he has set up a monument(Z) in his own honor and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal.”
13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”
14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?”
15 Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest.”
16 “Enough!” Samuel said to Saul. “Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”
“Tell me,” Saul replied.
17 Samuel said, “Although you were once small(AA) in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.’ 19 Why did you not obey the Lord? Why did you pounce on the plunder(AB) and do evil in the eyes of the Lord?”
20 “But I did obey(AC) the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
22 But Samuel replied:
“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,(AD)
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,(AE)
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected(AF) the word of the Lord,
he has rejected you as king.”
24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned.(AG) I violated(AH) the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid(AI) of the men and so I gave in to them. 25 Now I beg you, forgive(AJ) my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord.”
26 But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected(AK) the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”
27 As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe,(AL) and it tore.(AM) 28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn(AN) the kingdom(AO) of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.(AP) 29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie(AQ) or change(AR) his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”
30 Saul replied, “I have sinned.(AS) But please honor(AT) me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.”
Agag came to him in chains.[e] And he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
33 But Samuel said,
“As your sword has made women childless,
so will your mother be childless among women.”(AU)
And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel left for Ramah,(AV) but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah(AW) of Saul. 35 Until the day Samuel(AX) died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned(AY) for him. And the Lord regretted(AZ) that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 14:47 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint king
- 1 Samuel 14:47 Hebrew; Septuagint he was victorious
- 1 Samuel 15:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20 and 21.
- 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- 1 Samuel 15:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
1 Samuel 14:47-15:35
King James Version
1 Samuel 14:47-15:35
King James Version
47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
15 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord.
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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.
10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying,
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.
12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
15 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 unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?
18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
28 And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.
31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord.
32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
1 Samuel 14:47-15:35
New King James Version
1 Samuel 14:47-15:35
New King James Version
Saul’s Continuing Wars
47 So Saul established his sovereignty over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the people of (A)Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of (B)Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he [a]harassed them. 48 And he gathered an army and (C)attacked[b] the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them.
49 (D)The sons of Saul were Jonathan, [c]Jishui, and Malchishua. And the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger (E)Michal. 50 The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s (F)uncle. 51 (G)Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
52 Now there was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man or any valiant man, (H)he took him for himself.
Saul Spares King Agag
15 Samuel also said to Saul, (I)“The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, (J)how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and (K)attack[d] Amalek, and (L)utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”
4 So Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.
6 Then Saul said to (M)the Kenites, (N)“Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For (O)you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 (P)And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from (Q)Havilah all the way to (R)Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 (S)He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and (T)utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people (U)spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.
Saul Rejected as King
10 Now the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 11 (V)“I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has (W)turned back from following Me, (X)and has not performed My commandments.” And it (Y)grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night. 12 So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul went to (Z)Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal.” 13 Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, (AA)“Blessed are you of the Lord! I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”
14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”
15 And Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; (AB)for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the Lord your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.”
16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet! And I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”
And he said to him, “Speak on.”
17 So Samuel said, (AC)“When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel? 18 Now the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are [e]consumed.’ 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the [f]spoil, and do evil in the sight of the Lord?”
20 And Saul said to Samuel, (AD)“But I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 (AE)But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”
22 So Samuel said:
(AF)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (AG)to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of [g]witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(AH)He also has rejected you from being king.”
24 (AI)Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I (AJ)feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord.”
26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, (AK)for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
27 And as Samuel turned around to go away, (AL)Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. 28 So Samuel said to him, (AM)“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. 29 And also the Strength of Israel (AN)will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.”
30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet (AO)honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” So Agag came to him cautiously.
And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
33 But Samuel said, (AP)“As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went to (AQ)Ramah, and Saul went up to his house at (AR)Gibeah of Saul. 35 And (AS)Samuel went no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 14:47 LXX, Vg. prospered
- 1 Samuel 14:48 Lit. struck
- 1 Samuel 14:49 Abinadab, 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39
- 1 Samuel 15:3 Lit. strike
- 1 Samuel 15:18 exterminated
- 1 Samuel 15:19 plunder
- 1 Samuel 15:23 divination
1 Samuele 14:47-15:35
Nuova Riveduta 1994
1 Samuele 14:47-15:35
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Le guerre di Saul
47 (A)Quando Saul ebbe preso possesso del suo regno in Israele, mosse guerra a tutti i suoi nemici circostanti: a *Moab, agli *Ammoniti, a *Edom, ai re di Soba e ai Filistei; e dovunque si volgeva, vinceva. 48 Mostrò il suo valore sconfiggendo gli *Amalechiti e liberando Israele dalle mani degli oppressori.
49 I figli di Saul erano: Gionatan, Isvi e Malchisua; e delle sue due figlie, la maggiore si chiamava Merab e la minore, Mical. 50 Il nome della moglie di Saul era Ainoam, figlia di Aimaaz, e il nome del capitano del suo esercito era Abner, figlio di Ner, zio di Saul. 51 Chis, padre di Saul, e Ner, padre d'Abner, erano figli di Abiel.
52 Per tutto il tempo di Saul, vi fu guerra accanita contro i Filistei; perciò appena Saul notava un uomo forte e valoroso, lo prendeva con sé.
Guerra contro gli Amalechiti; secondo peccato di Saul
15 (B)*Samuele disse a *Saul: «Il Signore mandò me per ungerti re del suo popolo, d'*Israele; ascolta dunque quel che ti dice il Signore. 2 Cosí parla il Signore degli eserciti: “Io ricordo ciò che *Amalec fece a Israele quando gli si oppose nel viaggio mentre saliva dall'Egitto. 3 Ora va', sconfiggi Amalec, vota allo sterminio tutto ciò che gli appartiene; non lo risparmiare, ma uccidi uomini e donne, bambini e lattanti, buoi e pecore, cammelli e asini”».
4 Saul dunque convocò il popolo e ne fece la rassegna a Telaim: erano duecentomila fanti e diecimila uomini di *Giuda.
5 Saul giunse alla città di Amalec, pose un'imboscata nella valle 6 e disse ai Chenei: «Andatevene, ritiratevi, allontanatevi dagli Amalechiti, perché io non vi distrugga insieme a loro; infatti voi vi comportaste amichevolmente verso tutti i figli d'Israele quando salirono dall'Egitto». Cosí i Chenei si ritirarono dagli Amalechiti.
7 Saul sconfisse gli Amalechiti da Avila fino a Sur, che sta di fronte all'Egitto; 8 prese vivo *Agag, re degli Amalechiti, e votò allo sterminio tutto il popolo, passandolo a fil di spada. 9 Ma Saul e il popolo risparmiarono Agag e il meglio delle pecore, dei buoi, gli animali della seconda figliatura, gli agnelli e tutto quel che c'era di buono; non vollero votarli allo sterminio, ma votarono allo sterminio ogni cosa senza valore e inutile.
10 (C)Allora la parola del Signore fu rivolta a Samuele, dicendo: 11 «Io mi pento di avere stabilito Saul re, perché si è allontanato da me e non ha eseguito i miei ordini». Samuele ne fu irritato e gridò al Signore tutta la notte. 12 Poi si alzò la mattina di buon'ora e andò a incontrare Saul; ma vennero a dire a Samuele: «Saul è andato a *Carmel, e là si è fatto un monumento; poi se n'è ritornato e, passando da un'altra parte, è sceso a *Ghilgal». 13 Samuele andò da Saul; e Saul gli disse: «Il Signore ti benedica! Ho eseguito l'ordine del Signore». 14 Samuele disse: «Che cos'è dunque questo belar di pecore che mi giunge agli orecchi e questo muggire di buoi che sento?» 15 Saul rispose: «Sono bestie condotte dal paese degli Amalechiti; perché il popolo ha risparmiato il meglio delle pecore e dei buoi per farne dei sacrifici al Signore, al tuo Dio; il resto, però, l'abbiamo votato allo sterminio». 16 Allora Samuele disse a Saul: «Basta! Io ti annunzierò quel che il Signore mi ha detto stanotte». Saul gli disse: «Parla».
17 Samuele disse: «Non è forse vero che quando ti consideravi piccolo sei diventato capo delle tribú d'Israele, e il Signore ti ha unto re d'Israele? 18 Il Signore ti aveva affidato una missione, dicendo: “Va', vota allo sterminio quei peccatori degli Amalechiti, e fa' loro guerra finché siano sterminati”. 19 Perché dunque non hai ubbidito alla voce del Signore? Perché ti sei gettato sul bottino e hai fatto ciò che è male agli occhi del Signore?» 20 Saul disse a Samuele: «Ma io ho ubbidito alla voce del Signore, ho compiuto la missione che il Signore mi aveva affidata, ho condotto qui Agag, re di Amalec, e ho votato allo sterminio gli Amalechiti; 21 ma il popolo ha preso, fra il bottino, delle pecore e dei buoi come primizie di ciò che doveva essere sterminato, per farne dei sacrifici al Signore, al tuo Dio, a Ghilgal». 22 Samuele disse: «Il Signore gradisce forse gli olocausti e i sacrifici quanto l'ubbidire alla sua voce? No, l'ubbidire è meglio del sacrificio, dare ascolto vale piú che il grasso dei montoni; 23 infatti la ribellione è come il peccato della *divinazione, e l'ostinatezza è come l'adorazione degli idoli e degli dèi domestici[a]. Poiché tu hai rigettato la parola del Signore, anch'egli ti rigetta come re».
24 Allora Saul disse a Samuele: «Ho peccato, perché ho *trasgredito il comandamento del Signore e le tue parole, perché ho temuto il popolo, e ho dato ascolto alla sua voce. 25 Ti prego dunque, perdona il mio peccato, ritorna con me e mi prostrerò davanti al Signore». 26 Ma Samuele disse a Saul: «Non ritornerò con te, poiché hai rigettato la parola del Signore e il Signore ha rigettato te perché tu non regni piú sopra Israele». 27 Come Samuele si voltava per andarsene, Saul lo prese per il lembo del mantello, che si strappò. 28 Allora Samuele gli disse: «Il Signore strappa oggi di dosso a te il regno d'Israele e lo dà a un altro, migliore di te. 29 Colui che è la gloria d'Israele non mentirà e non si pentirà; egli infatti non è un uomo perché debba pentirsi». 30 Allora Saul disse: «Ho peccato; ma tu adesso onorami, ti prego, in presenza degli *anziani del mio popolo e in presenza d'Israele; ritorna con me e mi prostrerò davanti al Signore, al tuo Dio».
31 Samuele dunque ritornò, seguendo Saul, e Saul si prostrò davanti al Signore. 32 Poi Samuele disse: «Conducetemi qui Agag, re degli Amalechiti». Agag andò da lui fiducioso[b], pensando: «Certo, l'amarezza della morte è passata». 33 Samuele gli disse: «Come la tua spada ha privato le donne di figli, cosí tua madre sarà privata di figli fra le donne». E Samuele fece squartare Agag in presenza del Signore a Ghilgal.
34 Poi Samuele andò a Rama e Saul salí a casa sua, a Ghibea di Saul. 35 Samuele, finché visse, non andò piú a vedere Saul, perché Samuele faceva cordoglio per Saul; e il Signore si pentiva di aver fatto Saul re d'Israele.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuele 15:23 Dèi domestici, ebr. theraphim.
- 1 Samuele 15:32 Fiducioso, altri traducono: tutt' allegro.
1 Samuel 14:47-15:35
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 14:47-15:35
English Standard Version
Saul Fights Israel's Enemies
47 When Saul had taken the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, (A)against the Ammonites, against Edom, against the kings of (B)Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned he routed them. 48 And he did valiantly (C)and struck the Amalekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.
49 (D)Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchi-shua. And the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn was (E)Merab, and the name of the younger Michal. 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. (F)And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, (G)Saul's uncle. 51 (H)Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of (I)Abiel.
52 There was hard fighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, (J)he attached him to himself.
The Lord Rejects Saul
15 And Samuel said to Saul, (K)“The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel (L)in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. 3 Now go and strike Amalek and (M)devote to destruction[a] all that they have. Do not spare them, (N)but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
4 So Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. 6 Then Saul said to (O)the Kenites, “Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. (P)For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 (Q)And Saul defeated the Amalekites from (R)Havilah as far as (S)Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive (T)and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 (U)But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves[b] and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.
10 The word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 (V)“I regret[c] that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and (W)has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night. 12 And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, “Saul came to (X)Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.” 13 And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, (Y)“Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.” 14 And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?” 15 Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, (Z)for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.” 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.”
17 And Samuel said, (AA)“Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? (AB)Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?” 20 And Saul said to Samuel, (AC)“I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction. 21 (AD)But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.” 22 And Samuel said,
(AE)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (AF)to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and (AG)idolatry.
Because (AH)you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(AI)he has also rejected you from being king.”
24 Saul said to Samuel, (AJ)“I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin and (AK)return with me that I may bow before the Lord.” 26 And Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you. (AL)For you have rejected the word of the Lord, (AM)and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.” 27 (AN)As Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of his robe, and it tore. 28 And Samuel said to him, (AO)“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. 29 And also the Glory of Israel (AP)will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret.” 30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet (AQ)honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, (AR)and return with me, that I may bow before the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul bowed before the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him cheerfully.[d] Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” 33 And Samuel said, (AS)“As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord (AT)in Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went (AU)to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house in (AV)Gibeah of Saul. 35 (AW)And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, (AX)but Samuel grieved over Saul. (AY)And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:3 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20, 21
- 1 Samuel 15:9 The meaning of the Hebrew term is uncertain
- 1 Samuel 15:11 See also verses 29, 35
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Or haltingly (compare Septuagint); the Hebrew is uncertain
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