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It describes King Saul's rise to kingship and his subsequent military victories for the Israelites. However, the narrative highlights a critical instance of disobedience when Saul failed to follow the Lord's direct command to utterly destroy the Amalekites and all their possessions. Despite defeating the Amalekites and killing most of their people, Saul and his army kept the best livestock and spared their king, acting in direct opposition to divine instructions. This act of disobedience led to God's regret over making Saul king. The text also mentions an earlier instance of Saul's foolish actions, which resulted in the pronouncement that his descendants would not rule. The story emphasizes the consequences of disobeying divine commands, leading to a divine decision to choose a new leader for the people. The document includes copyright information, licensing details for the text and images, and credits the illustrators and copyright holders, encouraging free use and adaptation under specific license terms. The narrative structure, with references to biblical verses, suggests this is an excerpt from a religious or educational resource focusing on biblical history and teachings.","144 God Rejects King Saul  \n1 Samuel 15  \nEnglish Bible  \n144 God Rejects King Saul  \nEnglish United States  \nCopyright © 2026, SIL Global  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nImages by Jim Padgett, © 1984 Sweet Publishing under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. Images adapted by SIL Global.  \nStory and Music © 2026 SIL Global under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.  \nAfter Saul became king, he led the Israelite army to victory in many battles against their enemies.  \n1 Samuel 14:47-48  \nBefore one battle, King Saul disobeyed the Lord’s command. Samuel rebuked him saying,“You acted foolishly. Now your descendants will never rule. The Lord has already chosen another man to lead his people after you.”  \n1 Samuel 13:13-14  \nAnother day, Samuel said to Saul,“This is what the Lord says, ‘I am going to punish the Amalekites because they attacked the Israelites when they left Egypt. Go now and completely destroy all the people and all their livestock!’”  \n1 Samuel 15:1-3 (Exodus 17:8-16;  \nDeuteronomy 25:17-19)  \nSo King Saul and his army attacked the Amalekites and defeated them. They killed everyone except the king. And they killed all the worthless livestock, but they kept the best livestock.  \n1 Samuel 15:7-9  \nThen the Lord said to Samuel,“I regret that I made Saul king because he disobeys me.” And Samuel was very upset when he heard this.  \n1 Samuel 15:10-11  \nThe next morning, Samuel went to Saul. When they met, Saul said to Samuel,“Greetings! May the Lord bless you! 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