1 Samuel 15:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.”
1 Samuel 15:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 15:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 15:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed Yahweh’s voice, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.”
1 Samuel 15:20 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 15:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. ”
1 Samuel 15:20 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 15:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Saul saith unto Samuel, `Because--I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and I go in the way which Jehovah hath sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted;”
1 Samuel 15:20 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 15:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Saul said to Samuel, I have indeed hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. ”
1 Samuel 15:20 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 15:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Saul saide vnto Samuel, Yea, I haue obeyed the voyce of the Lord, and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me, and haue brought Agag the King of Amalek, and haue destroyed the Amalekites.”
1 Samuel 15:20 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 15:20 in Context — 1 Samuel 15
18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
What Does 1 Samuel 15:20 Mean?
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