1 Samuel 15:10

15:10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel:

1 Samuel 15:16-19

15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait a minute! ¹  Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” Saul ²  said to him, “Tell me.” 15:17 Samuel said, “Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord chose ³  you as king over Israel. 15:18 The Lord sent you on a campaign ⁴  saying, ‘Go and exterminate those sinful Amalekites! Fight against them until you ⁵  have destroyed them.’ 15:19 Why haven’t you obeyed ⁶  the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.” ⁷ 

[15:16]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “be quiet.”

[15:16]  ² tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the singular (“he said”) rather than the plural (“they said”) of the Kethib.

[15:16]  tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:17]  ³ tn Heb “anointed.”

[15:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “journey.”

[15:18]  ⁵ tc The translation follows the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Targum in reading the second person singular suffix (“you”) rather than the third person plural suffix of the MT (“they”).

[15:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “listened to the voice of the Lord.”

[15:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “you have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”