1 Samuel 15:14 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 15:14

And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

KJV

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ASV

And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

WEB

But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”

YLT

And Samuel saith, `And what is the noise of this flock in mine ears--and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?'

DBT

And Samuel said, What [means] then this bleating of sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of oxen which I hear?

About this book

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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12 verses on the floor

Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Malachi 3:13–15
Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Psalms 36:2
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
Jeremiah 2:34–37
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

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Many boast of their obedience to the command of God; but what mean then their indulgence of the flesh, their love of the world, their passion and uncharitableness, and their neglect of holy duties, which witness against them? Saul insists upon his own justification against this charge,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord--Saul was either blinded by a partial and delusive self-love, or he was, in his declaration to Samuel, acting the part of a bold and artful hypocrite. He professed to have fulfilled the divine command, and that the blame of any defects in the execution lay with the people.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1SA 15:141CO 4:5 JAS 5:7
1SA 15:141CO 4:5 2CO 5:10
1SA 15:141CO 4:5 1CO 3:13
1SA 15:141CO 4:5 HEB 4:13
1SA 15:141CO 4:5 2CO 10:18
1SA 15:14ROM 3:19 GAL 3:10
1SA 15:14ROM 3:19 GAL 3:22-23
1SA 15:14ROM 3:19 ROM 3:9

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