1 Samuel 15:9

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all [that was] good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing [that was] vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

But Saul {H7586} and the people {H5971} spared {H2550} Agag {H90}, and the best {H4315} of the sheep {H6629}, and of the oxen {H1241}, and of the fatlings {H4932}, and the lambs {H3733}, and all that was good {H2896}, and would {H14} not utterly destroy {H2763} them: but every thing {H4399} that was vile {H5240} and refuse {H4549}, that they destroyed utterly {H2763}.

However, Sha'ul and the people spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, and even the second best, also the lambs, and everything that was good - they weren't inclined to destroy these things. But everything that was worthless or weak they completely destroyed.

Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 15:15 (4 votes)

    And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

  • 1 Samuel 15:3 (3 votes)

    Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • 1 Samuel 15:19 (3 votes)

    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?

  • Joshua 7:21 (2 votes)

    When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they [are] hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

  • 2 Samuel 6:13 (1 votes)

    And it was [so], that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.