“Only some Amalekite loot,” said Saul. “The soldiers saved back a few of the choice cattle and sheep to offer up in sacrifice to God. But everything else we destroyed under the holy ban.”
You can’t whitewash your sins and get by with it; you find mercy by admitting and leaving them.
Looking for a loophole, he asked, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?”
“Enough!” interrupted Samuel. “Let me tell you what God told me last night.” Saul said, “Go ahead. Tell me.”