1 Samuel 15
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1 Samuel 15:21-25

21But 1the peopleH5971 tookH3947 some of the spoilH7998, sheepH6629 and oxenH1241, the choicestH7225 of the thingsH2764 devotedH2764 to destructionH2764, to sacrificeH2076 to the LordH3068 your GodH430 at GilgalH1537.” 22SamuelH8050 saidH559, “2Has the LordH3068 as much delightH2656 in burntH5930 offeringsH5930 and sacrificesH2077 As in obeyingH8085 the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068? BeholdH2009, 3to obeyH8085 is betterH2896 thanH4480 sacrificeH2077, And to heedH7181 thanH4480 the fatH2459 of ramsH352.23For rebellionH4805 is as the sinH2403 of 4divinationH7081, And insubordinationH6484 is as 5iniquityH205 and idolatryH8655. BecauseH3282 you have rejectedH3988 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068, 6He has also rejectedH3988 you from being kingH4428.”

24Then SaulH7586 saidH559 to SamuelH8050, “7I have sinnedH2398; 8I have indeedH3588 transgressedH5674 the 9commandH6310 of the LordH3068 and your wordsH1697, becauseH3588 I fearedH3372 the peopleH5971 and listenedH8085 to their voiceH6963. 25NowH6258 therefore, 10pleaseH4994 pardonH5545 my sinH2403 and returnH7725 with me, that I may worshipH7812 the LordH3068.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 15:21 Ex 32:22, 23; 1 Sam 15:15 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 15:22 Ps 40:6-8; 51:16, 17; Is 1:11-15; Mic 6:6-8; Heb 10:6-9 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 15:22 Jer 7:22, 23; Hos 6:6; Matt 12:7; Mark 12:33 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 15:23 Deut 18:10 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 15:23 Gen 31:19, 34 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 15:23 1 Sam 13:14 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 15:24 Num 22:34; 2 Sam 12:13; Ps 51:4 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 15:24 Prov 29:25; Is 51:12, 13 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 15:24 Lit mouth ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 15:25 Ex 10:17 ↩

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