1 Samuel 15:9
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And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and would not destroy them: but every thing that was vile, and good for nothing, that they destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:3
Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet anything that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

1 Samuel 15:10
And the word of the Lord came to Samuel,

1 Samuel 15:15
And Saul said: They have brought them from Amalec: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, that they might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, but the rest we have slain.

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And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and would not destroy them: but every thing that was vile, and good for nothing, that they destroyed.

the best

1 Samuel 15:3,15,19 Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet anything that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. . . .

Joshua 7:21 For I saw among the spoils a scarlet garment, exceeding good, and two hundred sicles of silver, and a golden rule of fifty sicles: and I coveted them, and I took them away, and hid them in the ground in the midst of my tent, and the silver I covered with the earth that I dug up.

the fatlings.

2 Samuel 6:13 And when they that carried the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed and ox and a ram:

Context
Saul's Disobedience
8And he took Agag, the king of Amalec, alive: but all the common people he slew with the edge of the sword. 9And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and would not destroy them: but every thing that was vile, and good for nothing, that they destroyed.
Lexicon
Saul
שָׁא֨וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

and his troops
וְהָעָ֜ם (wə·hā·‘ām)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

spared
וַיַּחְמֹל֩ (way·yaḥ·mōl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2550: To commiserate, to spare

Agag,
אֲגָ֗ג (’ă·ḡāḡ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 90: Agag -- king of Amalek

along with
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the best
מֵיטַ֣ב (mê·ṭaḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4315: The best part

of the sheep
הַצֹּאן֩ (haṣ·ṣōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

and cattle,
וְהַבָּקָ֨ר (wə·hab·bā·qār)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

the fat calves
וְהַמִּשְׁנִ֤ים (wə·ham·miš·nîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4932: A repetition, a duplicate, a double, a second

and
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

lambs,
הַכָּרִים֙ (hak·kā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3733: A ram, a, battering-ram, a meadow, a pad, camel's saddle

and
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the best
הַטּ֔וֹב (haṭ·ṭō·wḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

of everything else.
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

They were unwilling
אָב֖וּ (’ā·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 14: To breathe after, to be acquiescent

to destroy them,
הַחֲרִימָ֑ם (ha·ḥă·rî·mām)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2763: To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose

but they utterly destroyed
הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ (he·ḥĕ·rî·mū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2763: To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose

all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that was despised
נְמִבְזָ֥ה (nə·miḇ·zāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 959: To disesteem

and worthless.
וְנָמֵ֖ס (wə·nā·mês)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4549: To liquefy, to waste, to faint


Additional Translations
Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatted calves, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse thing they destroyed.

And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and oxen, and beasts of the second bearing, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction; but everything that was mean and weak, that they destroyed utterly.

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn't utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

and Saul hath pity -- also the people -- on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of the herd, and of the seconds, and on the lambs, and on all that is good, and have not been willing to devote them; and all the work, despised and wasted -- it they devoted.
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