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I Shmuel 15: Drama Class
Chapter 15 is full of drama. Shmuel tasks Shaul with a clear charge: wipe out Amalek- men, women, children, cattle. Shmuel invokes God’s longstanding promise from Exodus setting the chapter’s tone. Shaul destroys everything except Agag and the choicest cattle. The next morning Shaul runs to Shmuel and excitedly proclaims that he upheld God’s word. But Shaul does not know that Shmuel spent the night entreating God to overturn a decree against Shaul. Shmuel angrily confronts Shaul over the sound of bleating animals. Shaul earnestly responds that these are sacrifices. STOP! Shmuel yells at him…
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