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1 Samuel 15:14 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 15 · verse 14
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?1 Samuel 15:14 · King James Version
1 Samuel 15:14 in context
12And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
14And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
16Then 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bleatingqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- sheeptsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- earsʼôzenbroadnessH241 →
- oxenbâqârbeef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either genderH1241 →
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Saul is here called to account by Samuel concerning the execution of his commission against the Amalekites; and remarkable instances we are here furnished with of the strictness of the justice of God and the treachery and deceitfulness of the heart of man. We are here told, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-23