1 Samuel 15:21-24 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.

KJV_Strongs⁽ⁱ⁾

21 H5971 But the people H3947 took [H8799] H7998 of the spoil H6629 , sheep H1241 and oxen H7225 , the chief H2764 of the things which should have been utterly destroyed H2076 , to sacrifice [H8800] H3068 unto the LORD H430 thy God H1537 in Gilgal.

22 H8050 And Samuel H559 said [H8799] H3068 , Hath the LORD H2656 as great delight H5930 in burnt offerings H2077 and sacrifices H8085 , as in obeying [H8800] H6963 the voice H3068 of the LORD H8085 ? Behold, to obey [H8800] H2896 is better H2077 than sacrifice H7181 , and to hearken [H8687] H2459 than the fat H352 of rams.

23 H4805 For rebellion H2403 is as the sin H7081 of witchcraft H6484 , and stubbornness [H8687] H205 is as iniquity H8655 and idolatry H3988 . Because thou hast rejected [H8804] H1697 the word H3068 of the LORD H3988 , he hath also rejected [H8799] H4428 thee from being king.

24 H7586 And Saul H559 said [H8799] H8050 unto Samuel H2398 , I have sinned [H8804] H5674 : for I have transgressed [H8804] H6310 the commandment H3068 of the LORD H1697 , and thy words H3372 : because I feared [H8804] H5971 the people H8085 , and obeyed [H8799] H6963 their voice.