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1Sam 13:8-14:
8 He waited seven days until the time when Shmuel (Samuel) had said that he’d get there,[ref] but he didn’t appear so Sha’ul’s men began to desert him. 9 “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings,” Sha’ul commanded, then he offered up the burnt offering. 10 Just as he’d finished, wow, Shmuel arrived at last, and Sha’ul went over to greet him. 11 “What have you done?” Shmuel asked.
“When I saw the people leaving me,” Sha’ul replied “and you, you didn’t get here when you said you would, and the Pelishtim were gathering at Mikmas, 12 then I thought, ‘The Pelishtim are about to attack us at Gilgal, and I haven’t offered any gift to Yahweh.’ So I forced myself, and offered up the burnt up offering.”
13 “That was stupid of you,” Shmuel responded. “You haven’t obeyed what your god Yahweh instructed, because if you had, then Yahweh would have established your reign over Yisrael (Israel) forever. 14 But now your kingdom won’t survive. Yahweh has found a man who’s loyal to him and he’s commanded that man to lead his people,[ref] because you haven’t obeyed him.
15:1-24:
15 One day Shmuel (Samuel) said to Sha’ul (Saul), “It was Yahweh who sent me to anoint you as king over his people Yisrael (Israel) back then,[ref] so now, listen to what he has to say. 2 Commander Yahweh says, ‘I’ve noticed what the Amalekim did to Yisrael when they came out of Mitsrayim (Egypt)—they attacked them as they passed by.[ref] 3 So go now and attack Amalek and destroy them completely without compassion, putting men and women, children and infants to death, along with their cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”
4 So Sha’ul summoned the people to Telaim and counted them: two hundred thousand foot soldiers as well as ten thousand warriors from Yehudah (Judah). 5 Then Sha’ul took them to Amalek city, and they lay in wait in the valley. 6 Then he warned the Keynim, “You all need to move out from among the Amalekim, so that you all won’t be attacked along with them. That’s because you all were kind to our ancestors when they came out of Mitsrayim.” So the Keynim moved out from among the Amalekim.
7 Then Sha’ul slaughtered the Amalekim from Havilah to Shur (near Mitsrayim), 8 and they captured King Agag alive but killed everyone else with swords. 9 However, as well as sparing Agag, they took the best sheep and cattle
10 Then Yahweh told Shmuel (Samuel), 11 “I regret that I’ve appointed Sha’ul (Saul) as king because he’s turned away from following me and hasn’t obeyed my instructions.” That really upset Shmuel and he cried out to Yahweh all night. 12 Early the next morning, Shmuel got up to meet Sha’ul, but someone told him, “Sha’ul went to Karmel, and wow, he set up a monument to himself. Then he turned around and went to Gilgal.” 13 When Shmuel caught up with Sha’ul, Sha’ul told him, “May Yahweh bless you. I’ve followed Yahweh’s instructions.”
14 “Then what’s that bleating of sheep that I can hear?” asked Shmuel. “And I’m sure I can hear cattle sounds too?”
15 “Ah, the warriors took them from the Amalekim,” Sha’ul answered. “They wanted to save the best of the sheep and the cattle in order to sacrifice to your god Yahweh. But we completely destroyed the rest.”
16 “Stop,” said Shmuel, “and let me tell you what Yahweh told me last night.”
17 So Shmuel told him, “Although you consider yourself insignificant, aren’t you the head of the tribes of Yisrael (Israel)? Yahweh anointed you as king over Yisrael, 18 then sent you off with the task of completely destroying the sinful Amalekim—fighting until they were all destroyed. 19 So why didn’t you obey Yahweh’s command? Instead, you headed straight for the plunder and disobeyed Yahweh.”
20 “I did listen to Yahweh’s instructions,” Sha’ul insisted. “and I did what he asked. So now I’ve brought Amaleki King Agag here and I’ve completely destroyed the Amalekim. 21 Yes, the people kept some of the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to your god Yahweh here at Gilgal.”
“Is Yahweh happier with burnt offerings and sacrifices
than with those who follow his instructions?
Listen, obedience is better than sacrifice—
≈ paying attention is worth more than the fat of rams.
23 Rebellion is as sinful as doing sorcery,
≈ and being stubborn is as sinful as worshipping idols.
Because you have rejected Yahweh’s instructions,
≈ he has rejected you as king.”
24 “Yes, I’ve sinned,” Sha’ul (Saul) responded. “I can see that I’ve disobeyed Yahweh’s instruction, and yours too, because I feared the people and did what they were requesting.
Lev 19:31:
31 Don’t turn to mediums and diviners[ref]—don’t make yourselves ‘unclean’ by means of them. I am your god Yahweh.
20:6:
6 I’ll take action against any person who turns to mediums or diviners to prostitute themselves to them, and I’ll cut them off from their people.
1Sam 28:7-8:
7 Then Sha’ul instructed his servants, “Find a woman for me who talks to the spirits of dead people, so I can go to her and ask her something.”
“Sure,” his servants told him, “there’s a woman in Eyn-Dor who can do that.”
8 So Sha’ul put on different clothes to disguise himself, and went off in the night with two of his men. They went to the woman and he asked, “Please divine for me with a spirit of the dead and bring up the person that I tell you.”
