Saul's excuse for his disobedience was:

He saved the sheep and oxen to feed the nation of Israel.

The people spared the sheep and oxen to give as a sacrifice to the Lord.

He didn't hear Samuel's instructions to completely destroy the Amalekites.

He wanted to show mercy to Agag, the king of the Amalekites.

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Evangeline Preston

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4 April, 16:27

Saul's excuse for his disobedience was:

He saved the sheep and oxen to feed the nation of Israel.

The people spared the sheep and oxen to give as a sacrifice to the Lord.

He didn't hear Samuel's instructions to completely destroy the Amalekites.

He wanted to show mercy to Agag, the king of the Amalekites.

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Bj · Answer 1

The anwser can be found in 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 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 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 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.