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1 Samuel 15:13-17
New American Standard Bible
1 Samuel 15:13-17
New American Standard Bible
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.” 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop, and let me inform you of what the Lord said to me last night.” And he said to him, “Speak!”
17 So Samuel said, “[c]Is it not true, (D)though you were [d]insignificant in your own eyes, that you became the head of the tribes of Israel? For the Lord anointed you as king over Israel.
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- 1 Samuel 15:14 Lit sound
- 1 Samuel 15:14 Lit sound
- 1 Samuel 15:17 Or Though you were..., did you not become
- 1 Samuel 15:17 Lit small
1 Samuel 15:13-17
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:13-17
New International Version
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.”
16 “Enough!” Samuel said to Saul. “Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”
“Tell me,” Saul replied.
17 Samuel said, “Although you were once small(A) in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.
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