1 Samuel 15:21

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But the people took sheep and cattle from the plunder—the best of what was devoted to destruction—to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

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  • 1 Sam 15:15 : 15 Saul answered, 'They brought them from the Amalekites; the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.'
  • Exod 32:22-23 : 22 Aaron replied, "Do not let my lord's anger burn hot. You know these people yourself, that they are bent on evil. 23 They said to me, 'Make gods for us who will go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.'
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?' The woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'

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  • 1 Sam 15:14-15
    2 verses
    86%

    14But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'

    15Saul answered, 'They brought them from the Amalekites; the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.'

  • 1 Sam 15:7-10
    4 verses
    83%

    7Then Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.

    8He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but he utterly destroyed all the people with the sword.

    9Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, cattle, fatlings, and lambs, and all that was good. They refused to utterly destroy them, but everything despised and worthless, they completely destroyed.

    10Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying:

  • 1 Sam 15:18-20
    3 verses
    78%

    18And the LORD sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinful Amalekites; wage war against them until you completely wipe them out.'

    19Why then did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush for the spoil and do what is evil in the eyes of the LORD?

    20But Saul said to Samuel, 'I did obey the LORD. I went on the mission the LORD assigned me. I brought back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed the Amalekites.'

  • 1 Sam 14:32
    78%

    32They pounced on the plunder and took sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate them, along with the blood.

  • 1 Sam 11:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there."

    15So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king in the presence of the LORD. They sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the men of Israel celebrated with great joy.

  • 1 Sam 14:34
    75%

    34Then he said, 'Go among the men and tell them, ‘Each of you bring me your ox and sheep, and slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the Lord by eating meat with blood in it.’' That night, everyone brought their oxen and slaughtered them there.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    74%

    48He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.

  • 2 Chr 15:11
    73%

    11On that day they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought.

  • 1 Sam 15:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I will punish Amalek for what they did to Israel, how they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.'

    3Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

  • 1 Sam 15:22
    72%

    22Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'

  • 1 Sam 13:4
    72%

    4All Israel heard the news: "Saul has attacked the Philistine garrison, and now Israel has become offensive to the Philistines." So the people were summoned to follow Saul at Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 13:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,

    12I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.' So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering."

  • Deut 20:14
    72%

    14However, you may take the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the city as your spoils. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

  • 1 Sam 13:9
    72%

    9So Saul said, "Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering.

  • 1 Sam 11:7
    71%

    7He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them throughout Israel by messengers, saying, "This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel." The fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out together as one.

  • Num 31:11
    71%

    11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

  • 1 Chr 29:21
    71%

    21The next day, they offered sacrifices to the LORD and presented burnt offerings to him: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in great abundance for all Israel.

  • 1 Chr 26:27
    70%

    27From the spoils won in battles, they had dedicated them to maintain and repair the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 14:30
    70%

    30How much better it would have been if the men had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies. Would not the defeat of the Philistines have been even greater?

  • 1 Sam 30:20
    70%

    20David took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, "This is David’s spoil."

  • 1 Sam 31:11
    70%

    11When the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

  • 1 Sam 13:7
    70%

    7Some Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul remained in Gilgal, and all the people with him trembled in fear.

  • 2 Sam 21:12
    70%

    12he went and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)

  • 2 Sam 21:2
    70%

    2So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had sworn an oath to them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for Israel and Judah.)

  • 1 Sam 14:36
    69%

    36Saul said, 'Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn. Let us not leave one of them alive.' They replied, 'Do whatever seems best to you.' But the priest said, 'Let us inquire of God here.'

  • Deut 3:7
    69%

    7But we kept all the livestock and the spoils of the cities for ourselves.

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    69%

    21They took away their livestock: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand people as captives.

  • Josh 8:27
    69%

    27Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took for themselves, according to the word of the Lord that He commanded Joshua.

  • 1 Sam 10:8
    69%

    8Go down ahead of me to Gilgal, and I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifices of peace offerings. You must wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.

  • 1 Sam 15:31-33
    3 verses
    69%

    31So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

    32Then Samuel said, 'Bring Agag, king of Amalek, to me.' Agag came to him cheerfully, thinking, 'Surely the bitterness of death is past.'

    33Samuel said, 'As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women.' Then Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 15:5
    69%

    5Saul advanced to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the valley.

  • Deut 2:35
    69%

    35Only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we took as spoil for ourselves.

  • Num 25:2
    69%

    2The women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    69%

    5Just then, Saul was coming in from the field, following the oxen. He asked, "What is wrong with the people? Why are they all crying?" They told him what the men of Jabesh had said.

  • Judg 21:11
    69%

    11This is what you are to do: Completely destroy every male and every woman who has had relations with a man.

  • 1 Chr 10:11
    69%

    11When all the people of Jabesh-Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, they acted.

  • Num 31:26
    69%

    26'Take a count of the plunder that was captured, both man and beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation.'

  • Deut 13:16
    69%

    16you must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword, devoting it and all that is in it, including its livestock, to complete destruction.