But from the spoil the army took sheep and oxen, the best of what had been banned, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”
Saul replied: “They were brought from Amalek. The people spared the best sheep and oxen to sacrifice to the Lord, your God; but the rest we destroyed, putting them under the ban.”
The Lord God then asked the woman: What is this you have done? The woman answered, “The snake tricked me, so I ate it.”
The man replied, “The woman whom you put here with me—she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it.”
It could have been sold for much, and the money given to the poor.”