Concept:Obedience to God requires complete and exact execution of His commands, not partial fulfillment.
Explanation:God commanded Saul to destroy the Amalekites completely and to spare nothing.
Saul did go to war against the Amalekites and defeated them, so he did not refuse the assignment.
His disobedience lay in the way he carried out the order.
He spared King Agag and kept the best of the sheep, cattle, and other valuable spoils.
This was a direct violation of God's explicit instruction to “utterly destroy” all that belonged to Amalek.
Therefore, the essence of Saul's sin was not abandoning the mission but failing to perform it exactly as God had commanded.
His action showed partial obedience, which the Bible treats as disobedience.
The option that best captures this is the one stating that he did not perform the task of smiting the Amalekites to the letter.
Answer:C. He didn't perform the task of smiting Amalekites to the letter.