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1 Samuel 15:14

1 Samuel 15:14

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And Samuel said, what meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears,.... For the orders were to destroy all living creatures belonging to the Amalekites, 1Sa 15:3 if therefore Saul had performed the commandment of the Lord, as he said he had, from whence were these sheep Samuel heard bleating?

and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? where do they come from?

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