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13 Samuel went up to Saul, who greeted him, saying, “The Lord bless you, Samuel! I have obeyed the Lord's command.”

14 Samuel asked, “Why, then, do I hear cattle mooing and sheep bleating?”

15 Saul answered, “My men took them from the Amalekites. They kept the best sheep and cattle to offer as a sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have destroyed completely.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:15 These animals had been unconditionally dedicated to the Lord and had to be destroyed (see Lv 27.28).

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