20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

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20 “But I did obey(A) the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king.

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21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

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21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

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34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

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34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(A) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(B)
    that God Most High was their Redeemer.(C)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(D)
    lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(E) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

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41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

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41 Again and again they put God to the test;(A)
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(B)

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56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

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56 But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.

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57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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57 Like their ancestors(A) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.(B)

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