1 Samuel 15:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

But the people tooke of the spoyle, sheepe, and oxen, and the chiefest of the things which shoulde haue bene destroyed, to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:15 : 15 And Saul answered, They haue brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheepe, and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lorde thy God, and the remnant haue we destroyed.
  • Exod 32:22-23 : 22 Then Aaron answered, Let not the wrath of my Lord waxe fearce: Thou knowest this people, that they are euen set on mischiefe. 23 And they sayde vnto me, Make vs gods to go before vs: for we knowe not what is become of this Moses (the man that brought vs out of the land of Egypt.)
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 And the Lorde God saide to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    14But Samuel saide, What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?

    15And Saul answered, They haue brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheepe, and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lorde thy God, and the remnant haue we destroyed.

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

    7So Saul smote the Amalekites from Hauilah as thou commest to Shur, that is before Egypt,

    8And tooke Agag the King of the Amalekites aliue, and destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

    9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the better sheepe, and the oxen, and the fat beasts, and the lambes, and all that was good, and they would not destroy them: but euery thing that was vile and nought worth, that they destroyed.

    10Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Samuel, saying,

  • 1 Sam 15:18-20
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    78%

    18And the Lord sent thee on a iourney, and saide, Goe, and destroy those sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them, vntill thou destroy them.

    19Nowe wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, but hast turned to the pray, and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord?

    20And Saul saide vnto Samuel, Yea, I haue obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me, & haue brought Agag the King of Amalek, and haue destroyed the Amalekites.

  • 1 Sam 14:32
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    32So the people turned to the spoile, & tooke sheepe, and oxen, and calues, and slewe them on the ground, and the people did eate them with the blood.

  • 1 Sam 11:14-15
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    76%

    14Then saide Samuel vnto ye people, Come, that we may goe to Gilgal, and renue the kingdome there.

    15So all the people went to Gilgal, & made Saul King there before the Lorde in Gilgal: and there they offered peace offerings before the Lorde: and there Saul and all the men of Israel reioyced exceedingly.

  • 1 Sam 14:34
    75%

    34Againe Saul said, Goe abroade among the people, and bid them bring me euery man his oxe, and euery man his sheepe, and slay them here, and eate and sinne not against the Lord in eating with the blood; ye people brought euery man his oxe in his hand that night, & slew them there.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    74%

    48He gathered also an hoste and smote Amalek, and deliuered Israel out of the handes of them that spoyled them.

  • 2 Chr 15:11
    73%

    11And they offred vnto the Lorde the same time of the spoyle, which they had brought, euen seuen hundreth bullockes, and seuen thousande sheepe.

  • 1 Sam 15:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Thus saith the Lorde of hostes, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, howe they laide waite for the in ye way, as they came vp fro Egypt.

    3Nowe therefore goe, and sinite Amalek, and destroy ye all that perteyneth vnto them, & haue no compassion on them, but slay both man and woman, both infant and suckling, both oxe, and sheepe, both camell, and asse.

  • 1 Sam 15:22
    72%

    22And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? Beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes.

  • 1 Sam 13:4
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    4And al Israel heard say, Saul hath destroied a garison of the Philistims: wherefore Israel was had in abomination with the Philistims: and the people gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.

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

    11And Samuel saide, What hast thou done? Then Saul saide, Because I sawe that the people was scattred from me, and that thou camest not within the daies appoynted, and that the Philistims gathered themselues together to Michmash,

    12Therefore said I, The Philistims will come downe nowe vpon me to Gilgal, and I haue not made supplication vnto the Lorde. I was bolde therefore and offred a burnt offring.

  • Deut 20:14
    72%

    14Onely the women, & the children, & the cattel, & all that is in the citie, euen all the spoyle thereof shalt thou take vnto thy selfe, and shalt eate the spoyle of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee.

  • 1 Sam 13:9
    72%

    9And Saul sayde, Bring a burnt offering to me and peace offrings: and he offered a burnt offering.

  • 1 Sam 11:7
    71%

    7And tooke a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coastes of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoeuer commeth not foorth after Saul, and after Samuel, so shall his oxen be serued; the feare of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

  • Num 31:11
    71%

    11And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.

  • 1 Chr 29:21
    71%

    21And they offred sacrifices vnto the Lorde, and on the morowe after that day, they offered burnt offrings vnto the Lorde, euen a thousande yong bullocks, a thousand rammes and a thousand sheepe, with their drinke offrings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 14:15
    71%

    15Yea, and they smote the tents of cattel, and carried away plentie of sheepe and camels, and returned to Ierusalem.

  • 1 Chr 26:27
    70%

    27(For of the battels and of the spoyles they did dedicate to maintaine the house of the Lord)

  • 1 Sam 14:30
    70%

    30Howe much more, if the people had eaten to day of the spoyle of their enemies which they found? for had there not bene nowe a greater slaughter among the Philistims?

  • 1 Sam 30:20
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    20Dauid also tooke all the sheepe, and the oxen, and they draue them before his cattell, and said, This is Dauids pray.

  • 1 Sam 31:11
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    11When the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead heard, what the Philistims had done to Saul,

  • 1 Sam 13:7
    70%

    7And some of the Ebrewes went ouer Iorden vnto the lande of Gad and Gilead: and Saul was yet in Gilgal, and al the people for feare followed him.

  • 2 Sam 21:12
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    12And Dauid went and tooke the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne from the citizens of Iabesh Gilead, which had stollen them from the streete of Beth-shan, where the Philistims had hanged them, when the Philistims had slaine Saul in Gilboa.

  • 2 Sam 21:2
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    2Then ye King called the Gibeonites and said vnto them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites, vnto whom ye children of Israel had sworne: but Saul sought to slay them for his zeale toward the children of Israel and Iudah)

  • 1 Sam 14:36
    69%

    36And Saul saide, Let vs goe downe after the Philistims by night, and spoyle them vntill the morning shine, and let vs not leaue a man of them; they saide, Doe whatsoeuer thou thinkest best. Then saide the Priest, Let vs drawe neere hither vnto God.

  • Deut 3:7
    69%

    7But all the cattell and the spoyle of the cities we tooke for our selues.

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    69%

    21And they led away their cattel, euen their camels fiftie thousand, and two hundreth, & fiftie thousand sheepe, and two thousand asses, and of persons an hundreth thousand.

  • Josh 8:27
    69%

    27Onely the cattell and the spoyle of this citie, Israel tooke for a praye vnto themselues, according vnto the worde of the Lorde, which hee commaunded Ioshua.

  • 1 Sam 10:8
    69%

    8And thou shalt goe downe before me to Gilgal: and I also will come downe vnto thee to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace. Tary for me seuen dayes, till I come to thee and shewe thee what thou shalt doe.

  • 1 Sam 15:31-33
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    69%

    31So Samuel turned againe, and followed Saul: and Saul worshipped the Lord.

    32Then saide Samuel, Bring yee hither to me Agag ye King of the Amalekites: and Agag came vnto him pleasantly, and Agag saide, Truly the bitternesse of death is passed.

    33And Samuel sayde, As thy sworde hath made women childlesse, so shall thy mother bee childelesse among other women; Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 15:5
    69%

    5And Saul came to a citie of Amalek, and set watch at the riuer.

  • Deut 2:35
    69%

    35Onely the cattell we tooke to our selues, and the spoyle of the cities which we tooke,

  • Num 25:2
    69%

    2Which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their gods, and the people ate, & bowed downe to their gods.

  • 1 Sam 11:5
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    5And behold, Saul came following the cattell out of the fielde, and Saul saide, What aileth this people, that they weepe? And they tolde him the tidings of the men of Iabesh.

  • Judg 21:11
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    11And this is it that ye shall do: ye shall vtterly destroye all the males and all the women that haue lien by men.

  • 1 Chr 10:11
    69%

    11When all they of Iabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistims had done to Saul,

  • Num 31:26
    69%

    26Take the summe of the praie that was taken, both of persons and of cattell, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chiefe fathers of the Congregation.

  • Deut 13:16
    69%

    16And thou shalt gather all the spoyle of it into the middes of the streete thereof, and burne with fire the citie and all the spoyle thereof euery whit, vnto the Lorde thy God: and it shall be an heape for euer: it shall not be built againe.