1 Samuel 15:8
“1. King Saul, who had good beginnings but by no means persevered in the good things he had begun, is presented through the text of sacred History, so that in him we may see what is to be imitated and what is to be avoided. Thus indeed we also pick from badly cultivated fields, which rise up to harvest mixed with thorn…”
Source: Septuagint
8And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and he slew all the people and Hierim with the edge of the sword.
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6And Saul said to the Kenite, Go, and depart out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I put thee with them; for thou dealedst mercifully with the children of Israel when they went up out of Egypt. So the Kenite departed from the midst of Amalek.
7And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah to Shur fronting Egypt.
— 1 Samuel 15:8 —
9And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse thing they destroyed.
10And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,