1 Samuel 15:19 “So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder an…”

1 Samuel 15:19

So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

Why then didn’t you obey the LORD’s voice, but took the plunder, and did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight?”

American Standard Version

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah?

Geneva Bible 1599

Nowe wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voyce of the Lord, but hast turned to the pray, and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord?

Darby Translation

Why then didst thou not hearken to the voice of Jehovah, but didst fall upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of Jehovah?

Young's Literal Translation

and why hast thou not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah — and dost fly unto the spoil, and dost do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah?'

Bible in Basic English

Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?

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Cross references

“fly upon”

Proverbs 15:27 Jeremiah 7:11 Habakkuk 2:9–12 2 Timothy 4:10

Proverbs 15:27 · BSB

He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Jeremiah 7:11 · BSB

Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.

Habakkuk 2:9–12 · BSB

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

2 Timothy 4:10 · BSB

because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

“didst evil”

2 Chronicles 33:2 2 Chronicles 33:6 2 Chronicles 36:12

2 Chronicles 33:2 · BSB

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 33:6 · BSB

He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

2 Chronicles 36:12 · BSB

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.

Also

1 Samuel 14:32

1 Samuel 14:32 · BSB

So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

20“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

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