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1 Samuel 15 שְׁמוּאֵל א פרק ט״ו

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelאֶל־שָׁאוּלto-Saulאֹתִיmeשָׁלַחsentיְהֹוָהthe-LORDלִמְשׇׁחֳךָto-anoint-youלְמֶלֶךְto-be-kingעַל־עַמּוֹover-His-peopleעַל־יִשְׂרָאֵלover-Israelוְעַתָּהand-nowשְׁמַעhearkenלְקוֹלto-the-voice-ofדִּבְרֵיthe-words-ofיְהֹוָה׃the-LORD

    Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

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    כֹּהthusאָמַרsaidיְהֹוָהthe-LORDצְבָאוֹתof-HostsפָּקַדְתִּיI-rememberאֵת־אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂהwhich-didעֲמָלֵקAmalekלְיִשְׂרָאֵלto-Israelאֲשֶׁר־שָׂםhow-he-laid-waitלוֹfor-himבַּדֶּרֶךְin-the-wayבַּעֲלֹתוֹwhen-he-came-upמִמִּצְרָיִם׃from-Egypt

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

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    עַתָּהnowלֵךְgoוְהִכִּיתָהand-smiteאֶת־עֲמָלֵקAmalekוְהַחֲרַמְתֶּםand-utterly-destroyאֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹall-that-they-haveוְלֹאand-notתַחְמֹלspareעָלָיוupon-himוְהֵמַתָּהbut-slayמֵאִישׁboth-manעַד־אִשָּׁהuntil-a-womanמֵעֹלֵלinfantוְעַד־יוֹנֵקand-unto-the-nursing-childמִשּׁוֹרfrom-an-oxוְעַד־שֶׂהand-unto-sheepמִגָּמָלfrom-a-camelוְעַד־חֲמוֹר׃and-unto-a-donkey

    Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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    וַיְשַׁמַּעand-gatheredשָׁאוּלSaulאֶת־הָעָםthe-peopleוַיִּפְקְדֵםand-numbered-themבַּטְּלָאִיםin-Telaimמָאתַיִםtwo-hundredאֶלֶףthousandרַגְלִיfoot-soldiersוַעֲשֶׂרֶתand-tenאֲלָפִיםthousandאֶת־אִישׁthe-men-ofיְהוּדָה׃Judah

    And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

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    וַיָּבֹאand-cameשָׁאוּלSaulעַד־עִירto-a-city-ofעֲמָלֵקAmalekוַיָּרֶבand-lay-in-waitבַּנָּחַל׃in-the-valley

    And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשָׁאוּלSaulאֶל־הַקֵּינִיto-the-Kenitesלְכוּgoסֻּרוּdepartרְדוּget-you-downמִתּוֹךְfrom-the-midst-ofעֲמָלֵקִיthe-Amalekiteפֶּן־אֹסִפְךָlest-I-should-destroy-youעִמּוֹwith-themוְאַתָּהand-youעָשִׂיתָהyou-showedחֶסֶדkindnessעִם־כׇּל־בְּנֵיwith-all-sons-ofיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelבַּעֲלוֹתָםwhen-they-came-upמִמִּצְרָיִםfrom-Egyptוַיָּסַרso-departedקֵינִיthe-Keniteמִתּוֹךְfrom-the-midst-ofעֲמָלֵק׃Amalek

    And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

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    וַיַּךְand-smoteשָׁאוּלSaulאֶת־עֲמָלֵקAmalekמֵחֲוִילָהfrom-Havilahבּוֹאֲךָas-you-come-toשׁוּרShurאֲשֶׁרwhichעַל־פְּנֵיupon-the-face-ofמִצְרָיִם׃Egypt

    And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

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    וַיִּתְפֹּשׂand-he-tookאֶת־אֲגַגAgagמֶלֶךְ־עֲמָלֵקking-of-Amalekחָיaliveוְאֶת־כׇּל־הָעָםand-all-the-peopleהֶחֱרִיםhe-utterly-destroyedלְפִי־חָרֶב׃by-the-edge-of-the-sword

    And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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    וַיַּחְמֹלbut-sparedשָׁאוּלSaulוְהָעָםand-the-peopleעַל־אֲגָגupon-Agagוְעַל־מֵיטַבand-upon-the-best-ofהַצֹּאןthe-flockוְהַבָּקָרand-the-cattleוְהַמִּשְׁנִיםand-the-fatlingsוְעַל־הַכָּרִיםand-upon-the-lambsוְעַל־כׇּל־הַטּוֹבand-upon-all-the-goodוְלֹאand-notאָבוּthey-were-willingהַחֲרִימָםto-utterly-destroy-themוְכׇל־הַמְּלָאכָהbut-everythingנְמִבְזָהthat-was-vileוְנָמֵסand-refuseאֹתָהּitהֶחֱרִימוּ׃they-utterly-destroyed

    But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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    וַיְהִיand-it-came-to-passדְּבַר־יְהֹוָהthe-word-of-the-LORDאֶל־שְׁמוּאֵלto-Samuelלֵאמֹר׃saying

    Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,

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    נִחַמְתִּיit-repents-Meכִּי־הִמְלַכְתִּיthat-I-have-set-upאֶת־שָׁאוּלSaulלְמֶלֶךְto-be-kingכִּי־שָׁבfor-he-is-turned-backמֵאַחֲרַיfrom-following-Meוְאֶת־דְּבָרַיand-my-wordsלֹאnotהֵקִיםperformedוַיִּחַרand-it-grievedלִשְׁמוּאֵלto-Samuelוַיִּזְעַקand-he-criedאֶל־יְהֹוָהto-the-LORDכׇּל־הַלָּיְלָה׃all-the-night

    It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

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    וַיַּשְׁכֵּםand-rose-earlyשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelלִקְרַאתto-meetשָׁאוּלSaulבַּבֹּקֶרin-the-morningוַיֻּגַּדand-it-was-toldלִשְׁמוּאֵלto-Samuelלֵאמֹרsayingבָּא־שָׁאוּלcame-Saulהַכַּרְמֶלָהto-Carmelוְהִנֵּהand-beholdמַצִּיבhe-set-upלוֹfor-himselfיָדa-monumentוַיִּסֹּבand-turnedוַיַּעֲבֹרand-passed-onוַיֵּרֶדand-went-downהַגִּלְגָּל׃to-Gilgal

    And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

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    וַיָּבֹאand-cameשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelאֶל־שָׁאוּלto-Saulוַיֹּאמֶרand-saidלוֹto-himשָׁאוּלSaulבָּרוּךְblessedאַתָּהyouלַיהֹוָהto-the-LORDהֲקִימֹתִיI-have-performedאֶת־דְּבַרthe-commandment-ofיְהֹוָה׃the-LORD

    And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelוּמֶהwhat-means-thenקוֹל־הַצֹּאןthis-bleating-of-the-sheepהַזֶּהthisבְּאׇזְנָיin-my-earsוְקוֹלand-the-lowing-ofהַבָּקָרthe-oxenאֲשֶׁרwhichאָנֹכִיIשֹׁמֵעַ׃hear

    And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשָׁאוּלSaulמֵעֲמָלֵקִיfrom-the-Amalekiteהֱבִיאוּםthey-have-brought-themאֲשֶׁרwhichחָמַלsparedהָעָםthe-peopleעַל־מֵיטַבupon-the-best-ofהַצֹּאןthe-flockוְהַבָּקָרand-the-cattleלְמַעַןin-order-thatזְבֹחַto-sacrificeלַיהֹוָהto-the-LORDאֱלֹהֶיךָyour-Godוְאֶת־הַיּוֹתֵרand-the-restהֶחֱרַמְנוּ׃we-have-utterly-destroyed

    And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelאֶל־שָׁאוּלto-Saulהֶרֶףstayוְאַגִּידָהand-I-will-tellלְּךָyouאֵת־אֲשֶׁרwhichדִּבֶּרhas-saidיְהֹוָהthe-LORDאֵלַיto-meהַלָּיְלָהthis-night(ויאמרו)[וַיֹּאמֶר]and-he-saidלוֹto-himדַּבֵּר׃speak

    Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelהֲלוֹאis-it-notאִם־קָטֹןwhen-you-were-littleאַתָּהyouבְּעֵינֶיךָin-your-eyesרֹאשׁthe-head-ofשִׁבְטֵיtribes-ofיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelאָתָּהyou-areוַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָand-anointed-youיְהֹוָהthe-LORDלְמֶלֶךְto-be-kingעַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃over-Israel

    And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

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    וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָand-sent-youיְהֹוָהthe-LORDבְּדָרֶךְon-a-journeyוַיֹּאמֶרand-saidלֵךְgoוְהַחֲרַמְתָּהand-utterly-destroyאֶת־הַחַטָּאִיםthe-sinnersאֶת־עֲמָלֵקAmalekוְנִלְחַמְתָּand-fightבוֹagainst-themעַדuntilכַּלּוֹתָםthey-be-consumedאֹתָם׃them

    And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

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    וְלָמָּהand-whyלֹא־שָׁמַעְתָּdid-you-not-obeyבְּקוֹלthe-voice-ofיְהֹוָהthe-LORDוַתַּעַטbut-did-flyאֶל־הַשָּׁלָלto-the-plunderוַתַּעַשׂand-didהָרַעthe-evilבְּעֵינֵיin-the-eyes-ofיְהֹוָה׃the-LORD

    Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשָׁאוּלSaulאֶל־שְׁמוּאֵלto-SamuelאֲשֶׁרwhichשָׁמַעְתִּיI-have-obeyedבְּקוֹלthe-voice-ofיְהֹוָהthe-LORDוָאֵלֵךְand-I-wentבַּדֶּרֶךְin-the-wayאֲשֶׁר־שְׁלָחַנִיon-which-sent-meיְהֹוָהthe-LORDוָאָבִיאand-I-broughtאֶת־אֲגַגAgagמֶלֶךְthe-king-ofעֲמָלֵקAmalekוְאֶת־עֲמָלֵקand-Amalekהֶחֱרַמְתִּי׃I-have-utterly-destroyed

    And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

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    וַיִּקַּחand-tookהָעָםthe-peopleמֵהַשָּׁלָלof-the-spoilצֹאןflocksוּבָקָרand-herdsרֵאשִׁיתthe-chief-ofהַחֵרֶםthe-devoted-thingsלִזְבֹּחַto-offerלַיהֹוָהto-the-LORDאֱלֹהֶיךָyour-Godבַּגִּלְגָּל׃in-Gilgal

    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelהַחֵפֶץhas-as-great-delightלַיהֹוָהto-the-LORDבְּעֹלוֹתin-burnt-offeringsוּזְבָחִיםand-sacrificesכִּשְׁמֹעַas-in-obeyingבְּקוֹלthe-voice-ofיְהֹוָהthe-LORDהִנֵּהbeholdשְׁמֹעַto-obeyמִזֶּבַחthan-sacrificeטוֹבis-betterלְהַקְשִׁיבand-to-hearkenמֵחֵלֶבmore-than-the-fat-ofאֵילִים׃rams

    And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

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    כִּיbecauseחַטַּאת־קֶסֶםas-the-sin-of-witchcraftמֶרִיis-rebellionוְאָוֶןand-iniquityוּתְרָפִיםand-teraphimהַפְצַרand-stubbornnessיַעַןbecauseמָאַסְתָּyou-have-rejectedאֶת־דְּבַרword-ofיְהֹוָהthe-LORDוַיִּמְאָסְךָHe-has-also-rejected-youמִמֶּלֶךְ׃from-being-king

    For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשָׁאוּלSaulאֶל־שְׁמוּאֵלto-SamuelחָטָאתִיI-have-sinnedכִּי־עָבַרְתִּיfor-I-have-transgressedאֶת־פִּי־יְהֹוָהthe-commandment-of-the-LORDוְאֶת־דְּבָרֶיךָand-your-wordsכִּיbecauseיָרֵאתִיI-fearedאֶת־הָעָםthe-peopleוָאֶשְׁמַעand-obeyedבְּקוֹלָם׃their-voice

    And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

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    וְעַתָּהand-nowשָׂאpardonנָאI-prayאֶת־חַטָּאתִיmy-sinוְשׁוּבand-turn-againעִמִּיwith-meוְאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶהthat-I-may-worshipלַיהֹוָה׃to-the-LORD

    Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelאֶל־שָׁאוּלto-SaulלֹאnotאָשׁוּבI-returnעִמָּךְwith-youכִּיforמָאַסְתָּהyou-have-rejectedאֶת־דְּבַרword-ofיְהֹוָהthe-LORDוַיִּמְאָסְךָand-has-rejected-youיְהֹוָהthe-LORDמִהְיוֹתfrom-beingמֶלֶךְkingעַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃over-Israel

    And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

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    וַיִּסֹּבand-as-turnedשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelלָלֶכֶתto-goוַיַּחֲזֵקhe-laid-holdבִּכְנַף־מְעִילוֹon-the-skirt-of-his-robeוַיִּקָּרַע׃and-it-rent

    And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidאֵלָיוto-himשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelקָרַעhas-rentיְהֹוָהthe-LORDאֶת־מַמְלְכוּתthe-kingdom-ofיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelמֵעָלֶיךָfrom-upon-youהַיּוֹםthis-dayוּנְתָנָהּand-has-given-itלְרֵעֲךָto-a-neighbor-of-yoursהַטּוֹבwho-is-betterמִמֶּךָּ׃from-you

    And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

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    וְגַםand-alsoנֵצַחthe-Strength-ofיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelלֹאnotיְשַׁקֵּרwill-lieוְלֹאand-notיִנָּחֵםrepentכִּיforלֹאnotאָדָםa-manהוּאheלְהִנָּחֵם׃that-He-should-repent

    And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

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    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidחָטָאתִיI-have-sinnedעַתָּהnowכַּבְּדֵנִיhonor-meנָאI-prayנֶגֶדbeforeזִקְנֵי־עַמִּיthe-elders-of-my-peopleוְנֶגֶדand-beforeיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelוְשׁוּבand-turn-againעִמִּיwith-meוְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֵיתִיthat-I-may-worshipלַיהֹוָהto-the-LORDאֱלֹהֶיךָ׃your-God

    Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

  31. 31

    וַיָּשׇׁבso-turned-againשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelאַחֲרֵיafterשָׁאוּלSaulוַיִּשְׁתַּחוּand-bowed-himselfשָׁאוּלSaulלַיהֹוָה׃to-the-LORD

    So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

  32. 32

    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelהַגִּישׁוּbring-hereאֵלַיto-meאֶת־אֲגַגAgagמֶלֶךְthe-king-ofעֲמָלֵקAmalekוַיֵּלֶךְand-wentאֵלָיוto-himאֲגַגAgagמַעֲדַנֹּתdelicatelyוַיֹּאמֶרand-saidאֲגָגAgagאָכֵןsurelyסָרis-pastמַר־הַמָּוֶת׃the-bitterness-of-death

    Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

  33. 33

    וַיֹּאמֶרand-saidשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelכַּאֲשֶׁרasשִׁכְּלָהhas-made-childlessנָשִׁיםwomenחַרְבֶּךָyour-swordכֵּן־תִּשְׁכַּלso-shall-be-childlessמִנָּשִׁיםamong-womenאִמֶּךָyour-motherוַיְשַׁסֵּףand-hewed-in-piecesשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelאֶת־אֲגָגAgagלִפְנֵיbeforeיְהֹוָהthe-LORDבַּגִּלְגָּל׃in-Gilgal

    And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

  34. 34

    וַיֵּלֶךְand-wentשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelהָרָמָתָהto-Ramahוְשָׁאוּלand-Saulעָלָהwent-upאֶל־בֵּיתוֹto-his-houseגִּבְעַתto-Gibeah-ofשָׁאוּל׃Saul

    Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

  35. 35

    וְלֹא־יָסַףand-came-no-moreשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelלִרְאוֹתto-seeאֶת־שָׁאוּלSaulעַד־יוֹםuntil-the-day-ofמוֹתוֹhis-deathכִּי־הִתְאַבֵּלnevertheless-mournedשְׁמוּאֵלSamuelאֶל־שָׁאוּלfor-Saulוַיהֹוָהand-the-LORDנִחָםrepentedכִּי־הִמְלִיךְthat-He-had-made-kingאֶת־שָׁאוּלSaulעַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃over-Israel

    And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.