KJV King James Version
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
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1 Samuel 15:20
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
WEB World English Bible
Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
ASV American Standard Version
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Saul saith unto Samuel, ‘Because—I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and I go in the way which Jehovah hath sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 15
17 And Samuel said, When thou [wast] little in thine own sight, [wast] thou not [made] the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 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.
22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayשָׁא֜וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)שְׁמוּאֵ֗לH8050 · she.mu.elSamuelאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichשָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבְּק֣וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוָאֵלֵ֕ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichשְׁלָחַ֣נִיH7971 · sha.lachto send: departיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוָאָבִ֗יאH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲגַג֙H90 · a.gagAgagמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingעֲמָלֵ֔קH6002 · a.ma.leqAmalekוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֲמָלֵ֖קH6002 · a.ma.leqAmalekהֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי׃H2763 · cha.ramto devote/destroy
Cross-references
1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.Matthew 19:20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.Job 40:8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?Luke 10:29But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?1 Samuel 15:3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.Job 34:5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.Job 33:9I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.Job 35:2Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?1 Samuel 15:8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men [are], extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
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