7. Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
8. And he took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, though he utterly destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword.
9. Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, oxen, fatlings, lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them; but all that was undesirable or worthless they destroyed utterly.
10. Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,
11. I regret making Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not performed My commands. And Samuel was grieved and angry [with Saul], and he cried to the Lord all night.
12. When Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, he was told, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up for himself a monument or trophy [of his victory] and passed on and went down to Gilgal.
13. And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, Blessed are you of the Lord. I have performed what the Lord ordered.