And it was so, when Ahi´jah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jerobo´am; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amal´ekites: 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.
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?
And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God.