And he said, Blessed be thou of YY , my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of YY , my son.
The Parush stood and prayed thus with himself, Elohim, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are Commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed My Commandments. And it grieved Shmuel; and he cried unto YY all night.
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Shmuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
And Saul said unto Shmuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of YY , and have gone the way which YY sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
But one of the young men told Avigayil, Naval's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
And David sent messengers unto the men of JabeshGilad, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of YY , that ye have shewed this kindness unto your YY , even unto Saul, and have buried him.