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.”
15:20 Then Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed 4 the Lord! I went on the campaign 5 the Lord sent me on. I brought back King Agag of the Amalekites after exterminating the Amalekites. 15:21 But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle – the best of what was to be slaughtered – to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”
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.”
4 tn Heb “listened to the voice of the
5 tn Heb “journey.”