1 Samuel 15:1-3
Legacy Standard Bible
Saul’s Disobedience
15 Then Samuel said to Saul, “(A)Yahweh sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; so now, [a]obey the voice of the words of Yahweh. 2 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘I will [b]punish Amalek (B)for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. 3 Now go and strike Amalek and (C)devote to destruction all that he has, and do not spare him; but (D)put to death both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
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- 1 Samuel 15:1 Or listen to, cf. 15:14, 19, 20, 24
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1 Samuel 15:1-3
New English Translation
Saul Is Rejected as King
15 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says.[a] 2 Here is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said: ‘I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed[b] Israel along the way when Israel[c] came up from Egypt. 3 So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything they have. Don’t spare[d] them. Put them to death—man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”
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- 1 Samuel 15:1 tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the Lord” (so KJV).
- 1 Samuel 15:2 tn Heb “what Amalek did to Israel, how he placed against him.”
- 1 Samuel 15:2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 1 Samuel 15:3 tn Or perhaps “don’t take pity on” (cf. CEV).
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