Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 15:14

A church father on this verse
“14. The voice of the flocks and herds of Amalek is the report of shameful deeds. When anyone is defamed for lesser sins of indulgence, the voice of the flocks is said to resound. When likewise one is accused of more criminal and more obscene things, it is the voice of the herds. As if he lays bare what was hidden unde…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 6, Chapter 2

Source: Septuagint

Original

14And Samuel said, What then is the bleating of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear?

Modern

Preparing…

Teens

Preparing…

Kids

Preparing…

In context

12And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning, and it was told Saul, saying, Samuel has come to Carmel, and he has raised up help for himself: and he turned his chariot, and came down to Gilgal to Saul; and, behold, he was offering up a whole burnt offering to the Lord, the chief of the spoils which he brought out of Amalek.

13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of the Lord: I have performed all that the Lord said.

— 1 Samuel 15:14 —

15And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalek, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.

16And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord has said to me this night: and he said to him, Say on.

Read all of 1 Samuel 15 →