First Book of Kings (Author Compiled by Isaias from records of Samuel, David, Nathan, and Gad.)
15:22And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat of rams.
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