^{17 Ref} And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

^{18 Ref} And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.

^{19 Ref} Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?