5. Then he and his men went to the city of Amalek and waited in ambush in a dry riverbed.
6. He sent a warning to the Kenites, a people whose ancestors had been kind to the Israelites when they came from Egypt: “Go away and leave the Amalekites, so that I won't kill you along with them.” So the Kenites left.
7. Saul defeated the Amalekites, fighting all the way from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt;
8. he captured King Agag of Amalek alive and killed all the people.
9. But Saul and his men spared Agag's life and did not kill the best sheep and cattle, the best calves and lambs, or anything else that was good; they destroyed only what was useless or worthless.
10. The Lord said to Samuel,