15 And Saul answered, They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, to sacrifice them unto the Lord thy God, and the remnant have we destroyed.

16 Again Samuel said to Saul, Let me tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

17 Then Samuel said, When thou wast [a]little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord anointed thee King over Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:17 Meaning, of base condition, as 1 Sam. 9:21.

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