20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, [a]I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have destroyed the Amalekites.

21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep, and oxen, and the chiefest of the things which should have been destroyed, to offer unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voice of the Lord is obeyed? behold, (A)to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken is better than the fat of rams.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:20 He standeth most impudently in his own defense both against God and his own conscience.

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