# General Information: Samuel questions why Saul did not utterly destroyed the Amalekites. # bleating of sheep ... lowing of the oxen These are the sounds that these animals make. Your language may have different terms for these. # in my ears ... that I hear These two phrases mean the same thing. Here "in my ears" refers to hearing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])