Saulsaid,"They have broughtthem from the Amalekites,for the peoplesparedthe bestof the sheepand oxen,to sacrificeto the LORDyour God;but the restwe have utterlydestroyed."
"Have I coveredmy transgressionslike Adam,By hidingmy iniquityin my bosom,
He who concealshis transgressionswill not prosper,But he who confessesand forsakes[them] will findcompassion.
And he sentthem to Bethlehemand said,"Goand searchcarefullyfor the Child;and whenyou have found[Him], reportto me, sothat I toomay comeand worshipHim."
But wishingto justifyhimself,he saidto Jesus,"And whois my neighbor?"
Then Samuelsaidto Saul,"Wait,and let me tellyou whatthe LORDsaidto me last night."And he saidto him, "Speak!"
"But the peopletook[some] of the spoil,sheepand oxen,the choicestof the thingsdevotedto destruction,to sacrificeto the LORDyour Godat Gilgal."
But Sauland the peoplesparedAgagand the bestof the sheep,the oxen,the fatlings,the lambs,and allthat was good,and were not willingto destroythem utterly;but everythingdespisedand worthless,that they utterlydestroyed.
