1 Samuel 15:9-11

Lexham English Bible

⁹ However, Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and the cattle and the second best of the young fatlings and all that was valuable;^[a] they were not willing to utterly destroy them. But all the possessions that were despised or worthless, they utterly destroyed.

Samuel Announces the Downfall of Saul

¹⁰ Then the word of Yahweh came to Samuel, saying, ¹¹ “I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not kept my word.” Samuel became angry,^[b] and he cried out to Yahweh all night.