^{13 Ref} Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you by Yahweh: I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.

^{14 Ref} Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

^{15 Ref} Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.