Num 31:14-18, 1Sa 15:3, 11-24, 2Sa 16:11, 2Ki 18:25, Jer 34:22, 48:10 | ESV | STEP | And Moses was angry with the officers of the army , the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds , who had come from service in the war .

Numbers 31:14-18

14 And Moses was angry with ^athe officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. 15 Moses said to them, “Have you ^blet all the women live? 16 Behold, ^cthese, ^don Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of ^ePeor, and so ^fthe plague came among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore, ^gkill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. 18 But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him ^hkeep alive for yourselves.

1 Samuel 15:3

3 Now go and strike Amalek and ⁱdevote to destruction ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20, 21} all that they have. Do not spare them, ^kbut kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

1 Samuel 15:11-24

11 ^l“I regret ^{▼▼See also verses 29, 35} that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and ⁿhas not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night. 12 And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, “Saul came to ^oCarmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.” 13 And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, ^p“Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.” 14 And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?” 15 Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, ^qfor the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.” 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.”

17 And Samuel said, ^r“Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? ^sWhy did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?” 20 And Saul said to Samuel, ^t“I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction. 21 ^uBut the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.” 22 And Samuel said,

^v“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, ^wto obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and ^xidolatry.
Because ^yyou have rejected the word of the Lord,
^zhe has also rejected you from being king.”
24 Saul said to Samuel, ^aa“I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

2 Samuel 16:11

11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, ^abmy own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.

2 Kings 18:25

25 Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, "Go up against this land, and destroy it."’”

Jeremiah 34:22

22 Behold, ^acI will command, declares the Lord, and will ^adbring them back to this city. ^aeAnd they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. ^afI will make the cities of Judah a desolation ^agwithout inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 48:10

10 ^ah“Cursed is he who does ^aithe work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.