1 Samuel 15:9-11

New American Standard Bible

⁹ But Saul and the people ^(A)spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the more valuable animals, the lambs, and everything that was good, and were unwilling to destroy them completely; but everything despicable and weak, that they completely destroyed.

Samuel Rebukes Saul

¹⁰ Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, ¹¹ “^(B)I regret that I have made Saul king, because ^(C)he has turned back from ^[a]following Me and has not carried out My commands.” And Samuel was furious and ^(D)cried out to the Lord all night.