¹⁵ Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest.”

²¹ The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

¹⁸ Because you did not obey^(A) the Lord or carry out his fierce wrath^(B) against the Amalekites,^(C) the Lord has done this to you today.