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15 Afterward, Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now, therefore, obey the Voice of the Words of the LORD.
2 “Thus says the LORD of Hosts: ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how they laid in wait for them on the road, as they came up from Egypt.
3 ‘Now go and strike Amalek, and destroy all that they have, and have no compassion on them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
4 And Saul assembled the people in Telaim and counted them, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek and set a watch at the river.
6 And Saul said to the Kenites, “Go! Depart! Get yourselves down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed mercy to all the children of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” And the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7 So Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah (as you come to Shur, that is before Egypt),
8 and took Agag, the king of the Amalekites, alive and destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag and the better sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs and all that was good; and they would not destroy them. But everything that was vile and worth nothing, that they destroyed.
10 Then came the Word of the LORD to Samuel, saying,
11 “I regret that I have made Saul king; for he has turned from Me and has not performed My Commandments.” And Samuel was moved and cried to the LORD all night.
12 And when Samuel arose early to meet Saul in the morning, one told Samuel, saying, “Saul has gone to Carmel. And behold, he has made himself a place there, from where he returned and departed and has gone down to Gilgal.”
13 Then Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “Blessed be you of the LORD! I have fulfilled the Commandment of the LORD!”
14 But Samuel said, “What, then, does the bleating of the sheep in my ears mean, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”
15 And Saul answered, “They have brought them from the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. And the rest we have destroyed.”
16 Again, Samuel said to Saul, “Let me tell you what the LORD has said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Say on.”
17 Then Samuel said, “When you were little in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel? For the LORD anointed you king over Israel.
18 “And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go and destroy those sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until you destroy them!’
19 “Now, why have you not obeyed the Voice of the LORD, but have turned to the prey and have done wickedly in the sight of the LORD?”
20 And Saul said to 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 destroyed the Amalekites.
21 “But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen and the best of the things which should have been destroyed, to offer to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”
22 And Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great a pleasure in Burnt Offerings and Sacrifices as when the Voice of the LORD is obeyed? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen is better than the fat of rams.
23 “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft; and transgression is wickedness and idolatry. Because you have cast away the Word of the LORD, therefore He has cast away you from being king.”
24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “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 take away my sin and turn back with me, so that I may worship the LORD.”
26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you. For you have cast away the Word of the LORD, and the LORD has cast away you, so that you shall not be king over Israel.”
27 And as Samuel turned himself to go away, he caught the lap of his coat, and it tore.
28 Then Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
29 “For indeed the Strength of Israel will neither lie nor repent. For He is not a man that He should repent.”
30 Then he said, “I have sinned. But, please honor me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.
31 So, Samuel turned back and followed Saul. And Saul worshipped the LORD.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag, the king of the Amalekites, here to me.” And Agag came to him pleasantly; and Agag said, “Truly the bitterness of death has passed.”
33 And Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among other women.” And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
34 So Samuel departed to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house, to Gibeah of Saul.
35 And Samuel no longer came to see Saul until the day of his death. But Samuel mourned for Saul. And the LORD regretted that He made Saul king over Israel.
16 The LORD then said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have cast him away from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and come. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.”
2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? For if Saul shall hear it, he will kill me.” Then the LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to do Sacrifice to the LORD.’
3 “And call Jesse to the Sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint to Me him whom I name for you.”
4 So Samuel did what the LORD told him and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town were astonished at his coming, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
5 And he answered, “Yea, I have come to do Sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the Sacrifice.” And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and called them to the Sacrifice.
6 And when they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before Him.”
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance, or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For I see not as man sees. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD beholds the heart.”
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, “Nor has the LORD chosen this one.”
9 Then Jesse made Shammah come. And he said, “Nor has the LORD chosen him.”
10 Again, Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has chosen none of these.”
11 Finally, Samuel said to Jesse, “Are there no more children?” And he said, “There remains yet a little one who keeps the sheep.” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down until he has come here.”
12 And he sent and brought him in. And he was ruddy with beautiful eyes, and handsome. And the LORD said, “Arise! Anoint him. For this is he.”
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brethren. And the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul; and a spirit of misery from the LORD troubled him.
15 And Saul’s servants said to him, “Behold now, the spirit of misery from God troubles you.
16 “Let our Lord therefore command your servants before you to seek a man who is a cunning player upon the harp, so that when the God’s spirit of misery comes upon you, he may play with his hand, and you may be eased.
17 Then Saul said to his servants, “Please provide me a man who can play well and bring him to me.”
18 Then one of his servants answered, and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse, a Bethlehemite, who can play. He is strong, valiant, a man of war, wise in matters and good-looking. And the LORD is with him.
19 Therefore, Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David, your son, who is with the sheep.”
20 And Jesse took a donkey, with bread and a skin of wine and a kid, and sent them by the hand of David, his son, to Saul.
21 And David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him very well. And he was his armor bearer.
22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David now remain with me; for he has found favor in my sight.”
23 And so when the spirit from God came upon Saul, David took a harp and played with his hand and Saul was refreshed and was eased. For the spirit of misery departed from him.
8 But, Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning, He came into the Temple again. And all the people came to Him. And He sat down and taught them.
3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought to Him a woman taken in adultery. And setting her in their midst,
4 they said to Him, “Master, we found this woman committing adultery, even in the very act.
5 “Now Moses, in our Law, commanded that such should be stoned. What do You say, therefore?”
6 Now they said this to tempt Him, so that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus, having stooped down, wrote on the ground with His finger.
7 And while they continued asking Him, He lifted Himself up, and said to them, “Let the one among you without sin cast the first stone at her.”
8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 And when they heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, they went out, one by one, beginning at the eldest, until the last. And Jesus was left alone, with the woman, standing in the midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted Himself up again, and saw no one except the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?”
11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Nor do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”
12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows Me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.”
13 Therefore, the Pharisees said to Him, “You bear witness of Yourself. Your record is not true.”
14 Jesus answered, and said to them, “Even though I bear witness of Myself, My record is true. For I know from where I come, and to where I go. But you cannot tell from where I came, and to where I go.
15 “You judge after the flesh. I judge no one.
16 “If, however, I do judge, My judgment is true. For I am not alone, but I and the Father Who sent Me.
17 “And it is also written in your Law that the testimony of two men is true.
18 “I am One who bears witness of Myself. And the Father, Who sent Me, bears witness of Me.”
19 Then they said to Him, “Where is this Father of Yours?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.
20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as He taught in the Temple. And no one laid hands on Him. For His hour had not yet come.
110 The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
2 The LORD shall send the rod of Your power out of Zion. Be ruler in the midst of Your enemies.
3 Your people shall come willingly at the time of assembling Your army in Holy beauty. The youth of Your womb shall be as the morning dew.
4 The LORD swore, and will not repent, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord at Your right hand shall wound kings on the day of His wrath.
6 He shall be judge among the heathen. He shall fill all with dead bodies and strike the leaders of great countries.
7 He shall drink from the brook on the way. Therefore, He shall lift up His head. Praise the LORD
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the LORD. But the prayer of the righteous is acceptable to Him.
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD. But He loves him who follows righteousness.
10 Instruction is evil to him who forsakes the Way. And he who hates correction, shall die.
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