1 Samuel 15:15 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁵ And Sha’ul said, “They have brought them from Amalĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ “They were taken from the Amalekites,” Saul said, “because the troops spared the best sheep and cattle in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. The rest was placed under the ban.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And Saul said: "They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Yet truly, the remainder we have slain."

1 Samuel 15:15 Cross References

Job 31:33

If I have covered my transgressions like Aḏ

Proverbs 28:13

He who hides his transgressions does not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them finds compassion.

Matthew 2:8

And having sent them to Bĕ

Luke 10:29

But he, wishing to declare himself righteous, said to יהושע, “And who is my neighbour?”

1 Samuel 15:16

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 15:21

“But the people took of the spoil, of the sheep and cattle, the best of that which should have been put under the ban, to slaughter to יהוה  your Elohim in Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:9

But Sha’ul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, and the cattle, and the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not put them under the ban. But all goods despised and worthless, that they put under the ban.