14. “Then why,” Samuel asked, “do I hear sheep and cattle?”
15. “The army took them from the Amalekites,” Saul explained. “They kept the best sheep and cattle, so they could sacrifice them to the Lord your God. But we destroyed everything else.”
16. “Stop!” Samuel said. “Let me tell you what the Lord told me last night.”“All right,” Saul answered.
17. Samuel continued, “You may not think you're very important, but the Lord chose you to be king, and you are in charge of the tribes of Israel.
18. When the Lord sent you on this mission, he told you to wipe out those worthless Amalekites.