1Samuel:15:18-23
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And the LORD sent thee on a journey ,
and said ,
Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites ,
and fight against them until they be consumed .
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Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD ,
but didst fly upon the spoil ,
and didst evil in the sight of the LORD ?
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And Saul said unto Samuel Sh @
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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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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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And Samuel said ,
Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices ,
as in obeying the voice of the LORD ?
Behold ,
to obey is better than sacrifice ,
and to hearken than the fat of rams .
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For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft ,
and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry .
Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD ,
he hath also rejected thee from being king .