1 Samuel 15:15

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.

And Saul {H7586} said {H559}, They have brought {H935} them from the Amalekites {H6003}: for the people {H5971} spared {H2550} the best {H4315} of the sheep {H6629} and of the oxen {H1241}, to sacrifice {H2076} unto the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430}; and the rest {H3498} we have utterly destroyed {H2763}.

Sha'ul said, "They brought them from the 'Amaleki, because the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to ADONAI your God. But we completely destroyed the rest."

Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”

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 Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 15:21 (4 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 15:9 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Exodus 32:22 (3 votes)

    And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they [are set] on mischief.

  • Exodus 32:23 (3 votes)

    For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

  • Genesis 3:12 (3 votes)

    And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

  • Genesis 3:13 (3 votes)

    And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

  • Matthew 2:8 (2 votes)

    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.