15:14 Samuel replied, “If that is the case, 1 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 2 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.”
15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait a minute! 3 Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” Saul 4 said to him, “Tell me.”
1 tn The words “if that is the case” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “they brought them.”
3 tn Or perhaps “be quiet.”
4 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew