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1 Samuel 15:19

ObedienceTemptationMoney and wealth

17 And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel

18 and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

20 “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

21 The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”

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BSB
So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
KJV
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?
WEB
Why then didn’t you obey the LORD’s voice, but took the plunder, and did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight?”
ASV
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah?
DARBY
Why then didst thou not hearken to the voice of Jehovah, but didst fall upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of Jehovah?
BLB
And why did you not listened to the voice of YHWH, and why did you swoop down on the spoil and do the evil in the eyes of YHWH?”
ÅB
Hvorfor lød du da ikke Herrens ord, men kastet deg over hærfanget og gjorde hva ondt var i Herrens øyne?
OTB
Hvorfor adlød du da ikke Herrens røst, men tok byttet og gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne?»
B1930
Hvorfor lød du da ikke Herrens ord, men kastet dig over hærfanget og gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 14:32

    So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:6

    He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:12

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 7:11

    Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.

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  • Habakkuk 2:9–12

    Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

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  • Proverbs 15:27

    He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:2

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:10

    because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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