1 Samuel 15:1-3

Living Bible

15 One day Samuel said to Saul, “I crowned you king of Israel because God told me to. Now be sure that you obey him. ² Here is his commandment to you: ‘I have decided to settle accounts with the nation of Amalek for refusing to allow my people to cross their territory when Israel came from Egypt. ³ Now go and completely destroy the entire Amalek nation—men, women, babies, little children, oxen, sheep, camels, and donkeys.’”