1Samuel:15:14-24
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And Samuel said , "
What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears ,
and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ?"
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Saul said , "
They have brought them from the Amal '
ekites ;
for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen ,
to sacrifice to the LORD your God ;
and the rest we have utterly destroyed ."
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Then Samuel said to Saul , "
Stop !
I will tell you what the LORD said to me this night ."
And he said to him , "
Say on ."
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And Samuel said , "
Though you are little in your own eyes ,
are you not the head of the tribes of Israel ?
The LORD anointed you king over Israel .
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And the LORD sent you on a mission ,
and said , `
Go ,
utterly destroy the sinners ,
the Amal '
ekites ,
and fight against them until they are consumed .'
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Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD ?
Why did you swoop on the spoil ,
and do what was evil in the sight of the LORD ?"
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And Saul said to Samuel , "
I have obeyed the voice of the LORD ,
I have gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me ,
I have brought Agag the king of Am '
alek ,
and I have utterly destroyed the Amal '
ekites .
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But the people took of the spoil ,
sheep and oxen ,
the best of the things devoted to destruction ,
to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal ."
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And Samuel said , "
Has 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 divination ,
and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry .
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD ,
he has also rejected you from being king ."
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And Saul said to Samuel , "
I have sinned ;
for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and your words ,
because I feared the people and obeyed their voice .
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