1 Samuel 15:1-6

Saul’s Disobedience

Then Samuel said to Saul, “^aYahweh sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; so now, ¹obey the voice of the words of Yahweh. 2 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘I will ¹punish Amalek ^afor what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. 3 Now go and strike Amalek and ^adevote to destruction all that he has, and do not spare him; but ^bput to death both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
4 Then Saul summoned the people and ¹numbered them in ^aTelaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. 6 And Saul said to ^athe Kenites, “Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; ^byou showed lovingkindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.