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"put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep , camels and donkeys " ( sam : ). saul carries out a widespread, major offensive against the amalekites and defeats them. however he allows their king, agag, to be taken captive alive; and his troops claim the best cattle as plunder.
samuel accuses saul of disobeying god's command, but saul objects that the cattle were taken only to offer to god as sacrifice. samuel, in good prophetic fashion, declares: "to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams" ( sam. : ). samuel refuses to forgive saul's offense...
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