1 Samuel 15:12-14

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¹² Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, and Samuel was told, “Saul went to Carmel, where he set up a monument for himself, and on returning he passed on down to Gilgal.”^{(A) 13} When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, “May you be blessed by the Lord; I have carried out the command of the Lord.”^{(B) 14} But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears and the lowing of cattle that I hear?”