Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry ( 1 Samuel 15:23 ).