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1 Samuel 15:14

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Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”

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1 Samuel 15:14 in other translations

And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

1 Samuel 15:14 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 15:14 in context

  1. 12Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”
  2. 13Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.”
  3. 14Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”
  4. 15Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest.”
  5. 16Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh said to me last night.”
    He said to him, “Say on.”