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## 1 Samuel 15:22-23 in Context (Verses 19–26 KJV)
 
 [19 ](/kjv/1-samuel/15/19) Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
 
 [20 ](/kjv/1-samuel/15/20) And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/1-samuel/15/21) But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/1-samuel/15/22) And Samuel said, Hath the LORD *as great* delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey *is* better than sacrifice, *and* to hearken than the fat of rams.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/1-samuel/15/23) For rebellion *is as* the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness *is as* iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from *being* king.*
 
 [24 ](/kjv/1-samuel/15/24) ¶ And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/1-samuel/15/25) Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
 
 [26 ](/kjv/1-samuel/15/26) And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
 
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