²⁰ Then he looked on Amalek and uttered his oracle, saying,

⁸ He took King Agag of the Amalekites alive but utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.^(A)

⁹ Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the cattle and of the fatted calves,^[a] and the lambs, and all that was valuable and would not utterly destroy them; all that was despised and worthless they utterly destroyed.^(A)

¹² David then perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

² David then perceived that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.