(A)And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the Lord had done for Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 years. And they buried him within the boundaries of (B)his inheritance in Timnath-heres, (C)in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash. 10 And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.

Israel's Unfaithfulness

11 (D)And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals. 12 (E)And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. (F)They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and (G)bowed down to them. (H)And they provoked the Lord to anger. 13 They abandoned the Lord (I)and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. 14 (J)So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he (K)gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. (L)And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, (M)so that they could no longer withstand their enemies. 15 Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for harm, as the Lord had warned, (N)and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.

The Lord Raises Up Judges

16 (O)Then the Lord raised up judges, (P)who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them. 17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for (Q)they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. (R)They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not do so. 18 Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, (S)the Lord was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. (T)For the Lord was moved to pity by (U)their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them. 19 But (V)whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways. 20 (W)So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said, “Because this people (X)have transgressed my covenant that I commanded their fathers and have not obeyed my voice, 21 (Y)I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died, 22 in order (Z)to test Israel by them, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their fathers did, or not.” 23 So the Lord left those nations, not driving them out quickly, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

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Israel Demands a King

When Samuel became old, (A)he made his sons judges over Israel. The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. Yet his sons did not walk in his ways (B)but turned aside after gain. (C)They took bribes and perverted justice.

Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at (D)Ramah and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. (E)Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord. And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, (F)for they have not rejected you, (G)but they have rejected me from being king over them. According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you.

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10 The word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 (A)“I regret[a] that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and (B)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 (C)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, (D)“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, (E)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, (F)“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? (G)Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?” 20 And Saul said to Samuel, (H)“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 (I)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,

(J)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
    as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (K)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 (L)idolatry.
Because (M)you have rejected the word of the Lord,
    (N)he has also rejected you from being king.”

24 Saul said to Samuel, (O)“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 (P)return with me that I may bow before the Lord.” 26 And Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you. (Q)For you have rejected the word of the Lord, (R)and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.” 27 (S)As Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of his robe, and it tore. 28 And Samuel said to him, (T)“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 (U)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 (V)honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, (W)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.[b] Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” 33 And Samuel said, (X)“As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord (Y)in Gilgal.

34 Then Samuel went (Z)to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house in (AA)Gibeah of Saul. 35 (AB)And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, (AC)but Samuel grieved over Saul. (AD)And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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Notas al pie

  1. 1 Samuel 15:11 See also verses 29, 35
  2. 1 Samuel 15:32 Or haltingly (compare Septuagint); the Hebrew is uncertain

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