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1 Samuel 15:16

1 Samuel 15:16 is verse 16 of 1 Samuel chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

King James Version

Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

World English Bible

Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh said to me last night.” He said to him, “Say on.”

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1 Samuel 15:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”

15 Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”

16 “Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

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.’

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Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said שְׁמוּאֵל֙Samuel אֶלto שָׁא֔וּלSaul הֶ֚רֶףbe quiet וְאַגִּ֣ידָהso let me tell לְּךָ֔to <the> you אֵת֩<obj.>אֲשֶׁ֨ר[that] which דִּבֶּ֧רhe said יְהוָ֛הYahweh אֵלַ֖יto me הַלָּ֑יְלָהthis night וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said ל֖וֹto <the> him דַּבֵּֽרspeak

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Samuel 9:27
As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.

1 Samuel 12:7
Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.

1 Kings 22:16
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

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