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1 Samuel 15:14
“Samuel said, "Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 15
Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.
Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, "You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.
Samuel said, "Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?
Saul 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.
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh has said to me last night." He said to him, "Say on.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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