I Samuel 15:22
The Scripture
(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
The LORD commanded Saul through Samuel to utterly destroy the Amalekites and all their livestock, but Saul spared King Agag and the best of the animals. Samuel confronted Saul, declaring that obedience is better than sacrifice, and pronounced that the LORD had rejected him as king, then killed Agag himself.
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