1 Samuel 15:8-10

New International Version

⁸ He took Agag^(A) king of the Amalekites alive,^(B) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. ⁹ But Saul and the army spared^(C) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves^[a] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.

¹⁰ Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel: