15 3 Saul is commanded to slay Amalek. 9 He spareth Agag, and the best things. 19 Samuel reproveth him. 28 Saul is rejected of the Lord, and his Kingdom given to another. 33 Samuel heweth Agag in pieces.

Afterward Samuel said unto Saul, (A)The Lord sent me to anoint thee King over his people, over Israel: now therefore [a]obey the voice of the words of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:1 Because he hath preferred thee to this honor, thou art bound to obey him.

21 So after that, they desired a (A)King, and God gave unto them (B)Saul, the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of [a]forty years.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:21 In this space of forty years must the time of Samuel be reckoned with the days of Saul: for the kingdom did as it were swallow up his government.

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