13 So Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “(A)Blessed are you of the Lord! I have carried out the command of the Lord.” 14 But Samuel said, “(B)What then is this [a]bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the [b]bellowing of the oxen which I hear?” 15 Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for (C)the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God; but the rest we have completely destroyed.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:14 Lit sound
  2. 1 Samuel 15:14 Lit sound

13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”

14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?”

15 Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest.”

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