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1 Kings 20 42
The prophet said to him,“ This is what the Lord says:‘ Because you released from your hand the man I had set apart for destruction, it will be your life in place of his life and your people in place of his people.’”
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1 Samuel 15 3
Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
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1 Samuel 15 9
Saul and the troops spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, cattle, and choice animals, as well as the young rams and the best of everything else. They were not willing to destroy them, but they did destroy all the worthless and unwanted things.
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Judges 5:23
“ Curse Meroz,” says the Angel of the Lord,“ Bitterly curse her inhabitants, for they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord against the mighty warriors.”
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Numbers 31:14-18
But Moses became furious with the officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign.“ Have you let every female live?” he asked them.“ Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the Lord in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the Lord’s community.So now, kill all the male children and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man,but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not had sexual relations.
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Jeremiah 50:25
The Lord opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, because it is a task of the Lord God of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
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2 Kings 13 19
The man of God was angry with him and said,“ You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to them, but now you will only strike down Aram three times.”
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1 Samuel 15 13-1 Samuel 15 35
When Samuel came to him, Saul said,“ May the Lord bless you. I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”Samuel replied,“ Then what is this sound of sheep and cattle I hear?”Saul answered,“ The troops brought them from the Amalekites and spared the best sheep and cattle in order to offer a sacrifice to the Lord your God, but the rest we destroyed.”“ Stop!” exclaimed Samuel.“ Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”“ Tell me,” he replied.Samuel continued,“ Although you once considered yourself unimportant, have you not become the leader of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israeland then sent you on a mission and said:‘ Go and completely destroy the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have annihilated them.’So why didn’t you obey the Lord? Why did you rush on the plunder and do what was evil in the Lord’s sight?”“ But I did obey the Lord!” Saul answered.“ I went on the mission the Lord gave me: I brought back Agag, king of Amalek, and I completely destroyed the Amalekites.The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder— the best of what was set apart for destruction— to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”Then Samuel said: Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He has rejected you as king.Saul answered Samuel,“ I have sinned. I have transgressed the Lord’s command and your words. Because I was afraid of the people, I obeyed them.Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the Lord.”Samuel replied to Saul,“ I will not return with you. Because you rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”When Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.Samuel said to him,“ The Lord has torn the kingship of Israel away from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.Furthermore, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not man who changes his mind.”Saul said,“ I have sinned. Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me so I can bow in worship to the Lord your God.”Then Samuel went back, following Saul, and Saul bowed down to the Lord.Samuel said,“ Bring me Agag king of Amalek.” Agag came to him trembling, for he thought,“ Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”Samuel declared: As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women. Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.Even to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord regretted He had made Saul king over Israel.
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Jeremiah 47:6
Oh, sword of the Lord! How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent!
