Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day' — Samuel catalogs Saul's disobedience ('yaʿan lōʾ šamaʿtā bᵉqôl YHWH'), specifically his failure to exterminate the Amalekites as commanded. The specific sin ('vᵉlōʾ ʾipalattiʾ ḥarôn ʾappô baʿamālēq') became the occasion for losing the kingdom.

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