1 Samuel 15:1-3

Common English Bible

Samuel rejects Saul’s kingship

15 Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel. Listen now to the Lord’s words! ² This is what the Lord of heavenly forces says: I am going to punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel: how they attacked the Israelites as they came up from Egypt. ³ So go! Attack the Amalekites; put everything that belongs to them under the ban.^[a] Spare no one. Kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.”