1 Samuel 15:13-15

15:13 When Samuel came to him, ¹  Saul said to him, “May the Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord said.”

15:14 Samuel replied, “If that is the case, ²  then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?” 15:15 Saul said, “They were brought ³  from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord our God. But everything else we slaughtered.”

¹ tn Heb “to Saul.”

² tn The words “if that is the case” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “they brought them.”