1 Samuel 15:15-17

Amplified Bible

¹⁵ Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen ^[a]to sacrifice to the Lord your God; but the rest we have destroyed completely.” ¹⁶ Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop, and let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” Saul said to him, “Speak.”

¹⁷ Samuel said, “Is it not true that even though you were small (insignificant) in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you king over Israel,