13 When Samuel came to him, Saul said, “May the Lord bless you.(A) I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”

14 Samuel replied, “Then what is this sound of sheep[a] and cattle I hear?”

15 Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites and spared the best sheep and cattle in order to offer a sacrifice to the Lord your God,(B) but the rest we destroyed.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:14 Lit sheep in my ears

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