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1 Samuel 15:9

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But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, and of the fat calves, and the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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1 Samuel 15:9 in other translations

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.

1 Samuel 15:9 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 15:9 in context

  1. 7Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
  2. 8He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
  3. 9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, and of the fat calves, and the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
  4. 10Then Yahweh’s word came to Samuel, saying,
  5. 11“It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.