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First Book of Samuel, Chapter 15

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Chapter 15 of 1 Samuel—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Then Samuel said to Saul: “It was I whom Jehovah sent to anoint1 you as king over his people Israel, and now listen to the voice of the words of Jehovah.2
  2. This is what Jehovah of armies3 has said, ‘I must call to account4 what Amʹa·lek did to Israel when he set himself against him in the way while he was coming up out of Egypt.5
  3. Now go, and you must strike down Amʹa·lek6 and devote him to destruction7 with all that he has, and you must not have compassion upon him, and you must put them to death,8 man as well as woman, child as well as suckling,9 bull as well as sheep, camel as well as ass.’”10
  4. Accordingly Saul summoned the people and took the count of them in Te·laʹim,11 two hundred thousand men on foot and ten thousand men of Judah.12
  5. ¶ And Saul proceeded to come as far as the city of Amʹa·lek and to lie in ambush by the torrent valley.
  6. Meanwhile Saul said to the Kenʹites:13 “GO, DEPART,14 GO DOWN from the midst of the A·malʹek·ites, that I may not sweep you away[a] with them. As for you, you exercised loving-kindness[b] with all the sons of Israel15 at the time of their coming up out of Egypt.”16 So the Kenʹites departed from the midst of Amʹa·lek.
  7. After that Saul went striking down Amʹa·lek17 from Havʹi·lah18 as far as Shur,19 which is in front of Egypt.
  8. And he got to catch Aʹgag20 the king of Amʹa·lek alive, and all the other people he devoted to destruction with the edge of the sword.21
  9. But Saul and the people had compassion upon Aʹgag and upon the best of the flock and the herd22 and the fat ones[c] and upon the rams and upon all that was good, and they did not wish to devote them to destruction.23 As for all the goods that were despicable and rejected, these they devoted to destruction.
  10. ¶ The word of Jehovah now came[d] to Samuel, saying:
  11. “I do regret24 that I have caused Saul to reign as king, because he has turned25 back from following me, and my words he has not carried out.”26 And it was distressing to Samuel,[e]27 and he kept crying out to Jehovah all night long.28
  12. Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul in the morning. But report was made to Samuel, saying: “Saul came to Carʹmel,29 and, look! he was erecting a monument30 for himself, and he then turned around and went across and descended to Gilʹgal.”
  13. At length Samuel came to Saul, and Saul began to say to him: “Blessed31 are you of Jehovah. I have carried out the word of Jehovah.”32
  14. But Samuel said: “Then what does this sound of the flock in my ears mean, and the sound of the herd that I am hearing?”33
  15. To this Saul said: “From the A·malʹek·ites they have brought them, because the people34 had compassion upon the best of the flock and of the herd, for the purpose of sacrificing to Jehovah your God;35 but what was left over we have devoted to destruction.”
  16. At this Samuel said to Saul: “Stop! And I will tell you what Jehovah spoke to me last night.”36 So he[f] said to him: “Speak!”
  17. ¶ And Samuel went on to say: “Was it not when you were little in your own eyes37 that you were head of the tribes of Israel, and Jehovah proceeded to anoint38 you as king over Israel?
  18. Later Jehovah sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, and you must devote the sinners,39 the A·malʹek·ites,[g] to destruction, and you must fight against them until you will have exterminated them.’40
  19. So why is it you did not obey the voice of Jehovah but went darting greedily at the spoil41 and doing what was bad in the eyes of Jehovah?”42
  20. ¶ However, Saul said to Samuel: “But I have obeyed43 the voice of Jehovah in that I went on the mission on which Jehovah had sent me and I brought Aʹgag44 the king of Amʹa·lek, but Amʹa·lek I have devoted to destruction.45
  21. And the people46 went taking from the spoil sheep and cattle, the choicest of them as something devoted to destruction, to sacrifice47 to Jehovah your God in Gilʹgal.”48
  22. ¶ In turn Samuel said: “Does Jehovah have as much delight in burnt offerings49 and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Look! To obey50 is better than a sacrifice,51 to pay attention than the fat52 of rams;
  23. for rebelliousness53 is the same as the sin of divination,54 and pushing ahead presumptuously[h] the same as [using] uncanny power and teraphim.[i]55 Since you have rejected the word of Jehovah,56 he[j] accordingly rejects you from being king.”[k]57
  24. ¶ Then Saul said to Samuel: “I have sinned;58 for I have overstepped the order of Jehovah and your words, because I feared the people59 and so obeyed their voice.
  25. And now, please, pardon60 my sin and return with me that I may prostrate61 myself to[l] Jehovah.”
  26. But Samuel said to Saul: “I shall not return with you, for you have rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah rejects you from continuing as king over Israel.”62
  27. As Samuel was turning about to go, he immediately grabbed hold of the skirt of his sleeveless coat, but it ripped63 away.
  28. At this Samuel said to him: “Jehovah has ripped away64 the royal rule of Israel from off you today, and he will certainly give it to a fellowman of yours who is better than you.65
  29. And, besides, the Excellency[m] of Israel66 will not prove false,67 and He will not feel regrets, for He is not an earthling man[n] so as to feel regrets.”68
  30. ¶ At this he[o] said: “I have sinned. Now honor me,69 please, in front of the older men of my people and in front of Israel and return with me, and I shall certainly prostrate myself to Jehovah your God.”70
  31. So Samuel returned behind Saul, and Saul proceeded to prostrate himself to Jehovah.
  32. After that Samuel said: “BRING Aʹgag the king of Amʹa·lek near to me.” Then Aʹgag went to him reluctantly,[p] and Aʹgag began to say to himself:[q] “Truly the bitter experience of death has departed.”
  33. However, Samuel said: “Just as your sword71 has bereaved women of children, in that way your mother72 will be most bereaved of children among women.”73 With that Samuel went hacking Aʹgag to pieces before Jehovah in Gilʹgal.74
  34. ¶ Samuel now went his way to Raʹmah, and Saul, for his part, went up to his own house at Gibʹe·ah75 of Saul.
  35. And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, because Samuel had gone into mourning76 for Saul. As for Jehovah, he regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.77

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Sweep you away,” by a slight emendation; M, “collect (gather) you.”
  2. ^ Or, “loyal love.”
  3. ^ “Fat ones,” T; M, “animals of the second litter,” hence, more valued.
  4. ^ Or, “occurred; came to be.”
  5. ^ “It was distressing to Samuel,” by a slight emendation; M, “Samuel became angry.”
  6. ^ “He,” Mmargin; M, “they.”
  7. ^ Lit., “Amalek.”
  8. ^ “Pushing ahead presumptu­ously.” In Heb. this is a verb in the infinitive absolute, indefinite as to time and impersonal.
  9. ^ “Teraphim,” MLXX; Vg, “idolatry.”
  10. ^ “He,” MSy; LXX, “Jehovah.”
  11. ^ “From being king,” MVg; LXX, “from being king over Israel.”
  12. ^ Or, “I may worship.”
  13. ^ Or, “Eminence,” MSy; Vg, “Triumphant One.”
  14. ^ Or, “a man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ; Gr., anʹthro·pos; Lat., hoʹmo; Sy, “son of man.”
  15. ^ “He,” MVg; LXXSy, “Saul.”
  16. ^ Or, “in fetters.” Or, “cheerfully.” LXX, “trembling.”
  17. ^ Or, “began to think.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Sa 9:16; 10:1
  2. ^ De 17:20; 1Sa 12:14; Ec 12:13
  3. ^ 2Sa 7:26
  4. ^ Ge 12:3; Zc 2:8
  5. ^ Ex 17:8; Nu 24:20; De 25:17, 18
  6. ^ Ex 17:14; De 25:19; 1Ch 4:43
  7. ^ Le 27:28, 29; 1Sa 15:18
  8. ^ De 9:3
  9. ^ Ex 20:5; Is 14:21
  10. ^ De 13:17; Jos 6:18
  11. ^ Jos 15:24
  12. ^ 1Sa 11:8; 13:15
  13. ^ Nu 10:29, 32; 24:21; Jg 1:16; 4:11
  14. ^ Ge 18:25; 19:12; Nu 16:26; 1Ki 20:31; Pr 20:28
  15. ^ Ge 12:3; Ex 18:9, 12; Nu 10:29; Heb 6:10
  16. ^ De 5:15; 16:3
  17. ^ De 25:19; 1Sa 14:48
  18. ^ Ge 25:18
  19. ^ Ge 16:7; 1Sa 27:8
  20. ^ 1Sa 15:33
  21. ^ Le 27:29; 1Sa 15:3
  22. ^ Le 27:28; Jos 7:12; 1Sa 13:9; Pr 11:2; 14:12; 21:24
  23. ^ Je 48:10
  24. ^ Ge 6:6; 1Sa 15:26, 35; Je 18:8
  25. ^ Ps 36:2; 125:5; Ec 4:13; Ml 3:7
  26. ^ 1Sa 13:13; 15:3
  27. ^ 1Sa 16:1; Ps 119:136
  28. ^ Ps 55:2
  29. ^ Jos 15:55; 1Sa 25:2
  30. ^ 2Sa 18:18; Ps 49:11; Pr 8:13; 15:25
  31. ^ 1Sa 13:10
  32. ^ Pr 12:15; 18:17; 26:12
  33. ^ 1Sa 15:3; Ps 36:2
  34. ^ Ge 3:12; Ex 32:22; 1Sa 15:21
  35. ^ 1Ch 28:9; Pr 28:13
  36. ^ 1Sa 15:10
  37. ^ 1Sa 9:21; 10:22
  38. ^ 1Sa 9:16; 10:1
  39. ^ 1Sa 15:3; Jb 31:3; Pr 10:29; 13:21
  40. ^ De 25:19
  41. ^ De 13:17; 1Sa 15:9; Pr 28:20; Eph 5:5
  42. ^ 1Sa 15:24
  43. ^ Pr 21:29; 28:14
  44. ^ Le 27:29; 1Ki 20:42; Je 48:10
  45. ^ De 7:16; 1Sa 15:3
  46. ^ Ex 32:22; 1Sa 15:15
  47. ^ Ec 5:1
  48. ^ 1Sa 13:4
  49. ^ Ps 50:8; Is 1:11; Mc 6:6
  50. ^ Je 7:23; 38:20
  51. ^ Pr 21:3; Ho 6:6; Mr 12:33
  52. ^ Le 3:16
  53. ^ Nu 14:9; De 9:7; 1Sa 12:15
  54. ^ Le 20:6; De 18:10; 1Sa 28:3; 1Ch 10:13; Is 8:19
  55. ^ Ge 31:19, 30; 2Ki 23:24
  56. ^ 1Sa 15:3
  57. ^ 1Sa 13:14; 16:1; 1Ch 28:9; Ac 13:22
  58. ^ 1Sa 2:25; 2Co 7:10; Jm 4:17
  59. ^ Pr 29:25; Is 51:12
  60. ^ 1Sa 2:25
  61. ^ 1Sa 15:30
  62. ^ De 17:20; 1Sa 12:25; 13:14; 16:1
  63. ^ 1Ki 11:30
  64. ^ 1Ki 11:31
  65. ^ 1Sa 13:14; 16:12; 28:17; Ac 13:22
  66. ^ 1Ch 29:11; Jb 37:22; Is 43:3; 44:6
  67. ^ Ps 89:35; Ti 1:2; Heb 6:18
  68. ^ Nu 23:19; Ps 110:4; Eze 24:14
  69. ^ Pr 26:1
  70. ^ 1Sa 15:25; Is 29:13; Mt 15:8
  71. ^ Mt 26:52
  72. ^ Jg 5:28
  73. ^ Ge 9:6; Le 24:17; De 19:21; Jg 1:7; Mt 7:2
  74. ^ Ex 17:14; De 25:19; 1Sa 15:3
  75. ^ 1Sa 11:4
  76. ^ 1Sa 16:1
  77. ^ 1Sa 15:11

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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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