1 Samuel 15:14-16

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.”

[15:14]  ¹ tn The words “if that is the case” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:15]  ² tn Heb “they brought them.”

[15:16]  ³ tn Or perhaps “be quiet.”

[15:16]  ⁴ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the singular (“he said”) rather than the plural (“they said”) of the Kethib.