CLV(i)
14 And Samuel said, `And what [is] the noise of this flock in mine ears--and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?.
15 And Saul said, `From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Yahweh your Elohim, and the remnant we have devoted..
16 And Samuel said unto Saul, `Desist, and I declare to you that which Yahweh has spoken unto me to-night;' and he said to him, `Speak..
17 And Samuel said, `Are not you, if you [are] little in your own eyes, head of the tribes of Israel? and Yahweh does anoint you for king over Israel,
18 and Yahweh sends you in the way, and said, Go, and you have devoted the sinners, the Amalekite, and fought against them till they are consumed;"
19 and why have you not hearkened to the voice of Yahweh--and do fly unto the spoil, and do do the evil thing in the eyes of Yahweh?.
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, `Because--I have hearkened to the voice of Yahweh, and I go in the way which Yahweh has sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted;"
21 and the people takes of the spoil of the flock and herd, the first part of the devoted thing, for sacrifice to Yahweh your Elohim in Gilgal..
22 And Samuel said, `Has Yahweh had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as [in] hearkening to the voice of Yahweh? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;"
23 for a sin of divination [is] rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim [is] stubbornness; because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, He also does reject you from [being] king..
24 And Saul said unto Samuel, `I have sinned, for I passed over the command of Yahweh, and your words; because I have feared the people, I also hearken to their voice;"