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15.29 not lie nor repent; for He is not a man, that He should repent.' Then he said: 'I have sinned; yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the thy God.' So Samuel returned after Saul; and Saul worshipped the.

Then said Samuel: 'Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.' And Agag came unto him in chains. And Agag said: 'Surely the bitterness of death is at hand.' 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 in Gilgal.

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeath-shaul. And Samuel never beheld Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul; and the repented that He had made Saul king over Israel.

And the said unto Samuel: 'How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided Me a king among his sons.' And Samuel said: 'How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.' And the said: 'Take a heifer with thee, and say: I am come to sacrifice to the. And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will tell thee what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto Me him whom I name unto thee.' And Samuel did that which the spoke, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said: 'Comest thou peaceably?' And he said: 'Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice unto the ; sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.' And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. And it came to pass, when they were come, that he beheld Eliab, and said: 'Surely the anointed is before Him.' But the  said unto Samuel: 'Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the  looketh on the heart.' Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said: 'Neither hath the chosen this.' Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said: 'Neither hath the chosen this.' And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse: 'The hath not chosen these.' And Samuel said unto Jesse: 'Are here all thy children?' And he said: 'There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep.' And Samuel said unto Jesse: 'Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither.' And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of beautiful eyes, and goodly to look upon. And the said: 'Arise, anoint him; for this is he.' Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren; and the spirit of the  came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

Now the spirit of the had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the  terrified him. And Saul's servants said unto him: 'Behold now, an evil spirit from God