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First Book of Samuel, Chapter 15

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1 Samuel 15 NASB - New American Standard Bible1 Samuel 15 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 15 of 1 Samuel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then Samuel said to Saul, “1The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the [a]words of the LORD.
  2. Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I will [b]punish Amalek 2for 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 3utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but 4put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
  4. ¶ Then Saul summoned the people and [c]numbered them in 5Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
  5. Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley.
  6. Saul said to 6the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you with them; for 7you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
  7. So 8Saul [d]defeated the Amalekites, from 9Havilah as you go to 10Shur, which is [e]east of Egypt.
  8. He captured 11Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and 12utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
  9. But Saul and the people 13spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.
  10. ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
  11. “14I regret that I have made Saul king, for 15he has turned back from [f]following Me and has not carried out My commands.” And Samuel was distressed and 16cried out to the LORD all night.
  12. Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul; and it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul came to 17Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded on [g]down to 18Gilgal.”
  13. Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “19Blessed are you of the LORD! I have carried out the command of the LORD.”
  14. But Samuel said, “20What then is this [h]bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the [i]lowing of the oxen which I hear?”
  15. Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for 21the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed.”
  16. Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait, and let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” And he said to him, “Speak!”
  17. ¶ Samuel said, “Is it not true, 22though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed you king over Israel,
  18. and the LORD sent you on a [j]mission, and said, ‘23Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.’
  19. Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, 24but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD?”
  20. ¶ Then Saul said to Samuel, “25I did obey the voice of the LORD, and went on the [k]mission on which the LORD sent me, and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
  21. But 26the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
  22. Samuel said,
    ¶ “27Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
    As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
    Behold, 28to obey is better than sacrifice,
    And to heed than the fat of rams.
  23. “For rebellion is as the sin of 29divination,
    And insubordination is as 30iniquity and idolatry.
    Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
    31He has also rejected you from being king.”
  24. ¶ Then Saul said to Samuel, “32I have sinned; 33I have indeed transgressed the [l]command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.
  25. Now therefore, 34please pardon my sin and return with me, that I may worship the LORD.”
  26. But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for 35you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
  27. As Samuel turned to go, 36Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.
  28. So Samuel said to him, “37The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.
  29. Also the [m]38Glory of Israel 39will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.”
  30. Then he said, “I have sinned; 40but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, 41that I may worship the LORD your God.”
  31. So Samuel went back following Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
  32. ¶ Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him [n]cheerfully. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
  33. But Samuel said, “42As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
  34. ¶ Then Samuel went to 43Ramah, but Saul went up to his house at 44Gibeah of Saul.
  35. 45Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel 46grieved over Saul. And the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit sound of the words
  2. ^ Or visit
  3. ^ Lit mustered
  4. ^ Lit smote
  5. ^ Lit before
  6. ^ Lit after
  7. ^ Lit and went down
  8. ^ Lit sound
  9. ^ Lit sound
  10. ^ Lit way
  11. ^ Lit way
  12. ^ Lit mouth
  13. ^ Or Eminence
  14. ^ Or in bonds

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Sa 9:16; 10:1
  2. ^ Ex 17:8-16; Nu 24:20; De 25:17-19
  3. ^ Nu 24:20; De 20:16-18; Jos 6:17-21
  4. ^ 1Sa 22:19
  5. ^ Jos 15:24
  6. ^ Nu 24:21; Jg 1:16; 4:11
  7. ^ Ex 18:9, 10; Nu 10:29-32
  8. ^ 1Sa 14:48
  9. ^ Ge 25:18
  10. ^ Ge 16:7; Ex 15:22; 1Sa 27:8
  11. ^ Nu 24:7; 1Sa 15:20; Es 3:1
  12. ^ 1Sa 27:8, 9; 30:1; 2Sa 8:12
  13. ^ 1Sa 15:3, 15, 19
  14. ^ Ge 6:6, 7; Ex 32:14; 1Sa 15:35; 2Sa 24:16
  15. ^ Jos 22:16; 1Sa 13:13; 1Ki 9:6, 7
  16. ^ Ex 32:11-13; Lu 6:12
  17. ^ Jos 15:55; 1Sa 25:2
  18. ^ 1Sa 13:12, 15
  19. ^ Ge 14:19; Jg 17:2; Ru 3:10; 2Sa 2:5
  20. ^ Ex 32:21-24
  21. ^ Ge 3:12, 13; Ex 32:22, 23; 1Sa 15:9, 21
  22. ^ 1Sa 9:21; 10:22
  23. ^ 1Sa 15:3
  24. ^ 1Sa 14:32
  25. ^ 1Sa 15:13
  26. ^ Ex 32:22, 23; 1Sa 15:15
  27. ^ Ps 40:6-8; 51:16, 17; Is 1:11-15; Mc 6:6-8; Heb 10:6-9
  28. ^ Je 7:22, 23; Ho 6:6; Mt 12:7; Mr 12:33
  29. ^ De 18:10
  30. ^ Ge 31:19, 34
  31. ^ 1Sa 13:14
  32. ^ Nu 22:34; 2Sa 12:13; Ps 51:4
  33. ^ Pr 29:25; Is 51:12, 13
  34. ^ Ex 10:17
  35. ^ 1Sa 13:14; 16:1
  36. ^ 1Ki 11:30, 31
  37. ^ 1Sa 28:17, 18; 1Ki 11:31
  38. ^ 1Ch 29:11
  39. ^ Nu 23:19; Eze 24:14; Ti 1:2
  40. ^ Jn 5:44; 12:43
  41. ^ Is 29:13
  42. ^ Ge 9:6; Jg 1:7; Mt 7:2
  43. ^ 1Sa 7:17
  44. ^ 1Sa 11:4
  45. ^ 1Sa 19:24
  46. ^ 1Sa 16:1

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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