1 Samuel 15:15-17

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁵ Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for ^(A)the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the Lord your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed.” ¹⁶ Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait, and let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” And he said to him, “Speak!”

¹⁷ Samuel said, “Is it not true, ^(B)though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you king over Israel,