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1 Samuel 15

1 Samuel 15:21

Samuel Denounces Saul · 1 Samuel 15:10–23
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Translations

Modern
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
Traditional
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
Literal
And the people took from the plunder sheep and oxen, the first part of the devoted thing, to sacrifice to YHWH your God in Gilgal.”
Latin
Tulit autem de præda populus oves et boves, primitias eorum quæ cæsa sunt, ut immolet Domino Deo suo in Galgalis.

Original

Hebrew
English
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”

Notes

1 Samuel 15:21

  • The troops: Saul kept blaming others (see 1 Samuel 15:15).

  • Gilgal was a religious center. Saul tried to use religion to excuse disobeying God.

1 Samuel 15:1–35

After Saul disobeyed God by not completely destroying the Amalekites, God rejected him more strongly than before (see 1 Samuel 13:8–14).

Events

Places

Gilgal: A significant site during Israel's early history in Canaan

Glossary

Agag Amalek, Amalekites Gilgal Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Amalekites: Defeated by Saul Christian Minister: Expostulate with Rulers: Samuel with Saul Church and State: Ecclesiastical Power Superior to Civil: Reproves Rulers Falsehood: Saul Gilgal: An Altar Built At, and Sacrifice offered Repentance: Saul, at the Rebuke of Samuel for not Destroying the Amalekites Reproof: Faithfulness in Samuel, of Saul Responsibility: Attempts to Shift: Saul Rulers: Wicked: Saul, Sparing Agag and the Best of the Booty Saul: King of Israel: Dedicates the Spoils of War Self-Righteousness: Saul Self-Will and Stubbornness: Saul Self-Will: King Saul The Amalekites: Saul: Condemned for not Utterly Destroying