-
Verse 1 Samuel 15:21. _TO SACRIFICE UNTO THE LORD_] Thus he endeavours
to excuse the people. They did not take the spoil in order to _enrich_
_themselves_ by it, but to _sacrifice unto the Lord_; and...
-
THE LORD THY GOD - There is an implied censure of Samuel in this
phrase. Saul says that Samuel blames him for what was done in honor of
Samuel’s God; as if be had more zeal for the glory of God than w...
-
8. WAR WITH AMALEK: SAUL'S DISOBEDIENCE AND REJECTION
CHAPTER 15
_ 1. The commission to destroy Amalek (1 Samuel 15:1)_
2. Saul's disobedience and rejection (1 Samuel 15:10)
3. Saul's confession ...
-
XV. THE WAR AGAINST AMALEK; SAUL'S DISOBEDIENCE AND DEPOSITION (E). -
A section of a secondary narrative; according to the scheme adopted
here, the last section of this document was 1 Samuel 3:3 to 1...
-
Saul's disobedience and its penalty
11. _It repenteth me_ "God's repentance is the change of His
dispensation." In the language of the O. T. God is said to repent when
a change in the character and co...
-
_the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed_ THE
CHIEF OF THE DEVOTED THINGS (_cherem_). It might seem a praiseworthy
act to reserve the spoil for sacrifice: but since it was "de...
-
_Samuel Delivers the Lord's Message of Condemnation. 1 Samuel
15:10-23_
10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying.
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul _to be_ king: for he is
turne...
-
_AND THE LORD SENT THEE ON A JOURNEY, AND SAID, GO AND UTTERLY DESTROY
THE SINNERS THE AMALEKITES, AND FIGHT AGAINST THEM UNTIL THEY BE
CONSUMED._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
-
15:21 choicest (a-12) 'First-fruits.' devoted (b-15) Devoted by curse
to destruction....
-
SAUL'S VICTORY OVER AMALEK. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND REJECTION
Amalek had attacked Israel at Rephidim (Exodus 17:8) and opposed their
entrance into Canaan (Numbers 14:45 : cp. Deuteronomy 25:7; They are
m...
-
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 15
GOD REFUSES SAUL AS KING
V1 Samuel said to Saul, ‘The *Lord sent me to *anoint you as king
over his people, the *Israelites. Now listen to...
-
CHAPTER XXI.
_ THE FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL_
1 Samuel 15:1.
HERE we find the second portion of God's indictment against Saul, and
the reason for his final rejection from the office to which he had
be...
-
CHAPTER XXIII.
_ DAVID'S EARLY LIFE*_
(* A few paragraphs on the Life of David are reproduced from the
author's book “David, King of Israel.")
1 Samuel 15:14.
BEFORE we enter at large into the inc...
-
SHALLOW REPENTANCE UNAVAILING
1 Samuel 15:17
Samuel was deeply moved when he heard of Saul's failure, “and he
cried unto the Lord all night.” Thus he was prepared to accost the
sinful king. Mr. Finne...
-
Saul was commissioned by Jehovah through Samuel to smite Amalek, and
it was in connection with this that the sin occurred which filled his
cup to the brim and caused him to be rejected.
His campaign...
-
_First-fruits, or the best. --- Slain. Hebrew, "of the anathema."_...
-
(13) And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou
of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. (14) And
Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in m...
-
We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the
people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in
Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
-
_TRUTH IN THE INWARD PARTS_
‘And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the
Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me,’ etc.
1 Samuel 15:20
It will appear somewhat startlin...
-
Nevertheless Saul is put to a final proof. Jehovah, by the mouth of
Samuel, sends him to smite Amalek, and utterly destroy them and all
that belonged to them. They were the cruel and determined enemie...
-
BUT THE PEOPLE TOOK THE SPOIL, THE SHEEP AND OXEN,.... Still he
continues to lay the blame on the people, when he, as king, ought to
have restrained them:
THE CHIEF OF THE THINGS, WHICH SHOULD HAVE B...
-
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the
LORD thy God in Gilgal.
Ver. 21. _But the people took, &c._]...
-
_Have brought Agag the king_ To be dealt with as God pleaseth. Strange
stupidity! to imagine such a partial obedience could be pleasing unto
God. _But the people took of the spoil_ It was a mean thing...
-
1 Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amalek.
6 Saul fauoureth the Kenites.
8 Hee spareth Agag and the best of the spoile.
10 Samuel denounceth vnto Saul commending and excusing himselfe, Gods
reiection...
-
But the people, upon whom Saul again lays all the blame, TOOK OF THE
SPOIL, SHEEP AND OXEN, THE CHIEF OF THE THINGS WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN
UTTERLY DESTROYED, the firstlings of the devoted things, TO S...
-
Samuel's Reproof...
-
God had a more solemn controversy with the Amalekites than with the
Philistines. The mere formal worship typified by the Philistines is
empty; but Amalekite "lusts of the flesh" are a deadly enemy tha...
-
10-23 Repentance in God is not a change of mind, as it is in us, but
a change of method. The change was in Saul; "He is turned back from
following me." Hereby he made God his enemy. Samuel spent a wh...
-
Heb. _the chief of the devoted things_; which being devoted to
destruction, I thought it most proper to destroy them by way of
sacrifice to God. But God had commanded Saul himself to smite and slay
al...
-
1 Samuel 15:21 people H5971 took H3947 (H8799) plunder H7998 sheep
H6629 oxen H1241 best H7225 destroyed H2764 s
-
SAMUEL SEEKS SAUL OUT IN ORDER TO GIVE HIM A STERN REBUKE AND DECLARE
THAT YHWH HAS WITHDRAWN FROM HIM HIS SUPPORT (1 SAMUEL 15:12).
We do not know for sure where Samuel was at this time although the...
-
1 Samuel 15
_(with 1 Timothy 1:19)_
The story of Saul is among the saddest which Scripture anywhere
contains.
I. Notice first the singular elements of nobleness which are to be
traced in his natural...
-
1 Samuel 15:20
It will appear somewhat startling to any one who first notices it how
very little is said in the Bible about truthfulness. The reason is
that truthfulness is not a strictly religious du...
-
CONTENTS: Saul's incomplete obedience and his rejection as king.
CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Saul, Agag.
CONCLUSION: Some judge many things in their lives, but spare one Agag
which the Lord has condemn...
-
1 Samuel 15:2. _I remember what Amalek did; Numbers 17:8_; and what he
has often repeated, in the effusion of innocent blood. He joined
Midian, and the children of the east, in a bloody and unprovoked...
-
_It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king._
SAUL REJECTED
The story is graphic and pathetic. This is Saul’s victory and also
his defeat. Our defeats are often wrapped up in our victories. S...
-
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:1 The Lord finally rejects Saul as
king.
⇐ ⇔...
-
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:20 I HAVE OBEYED... BUT THE PEOPLE. See
note on v. 15.
⇐...
-
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 15:4. “TELAIM.” Most likely the same as _Telem_ (Joshua
15:21; Joshua 15:24), a city lying on the eastern border of Judah, and
therefore near the territory of t...
-
FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL (1 Samuel 15:1.)
EXPOSITION
DIVINE COMMAND TO PUNISH THE AMALEKITES, AND ITS EXECUTION BY SAUL ...
-
Now as we get into chapter fifteen,
Samuel came to Saul, and said, The Lord sent me to anoint you to be
king over his people, over Israel: now hearken unto the voice of the
words of the Lord (1 Samue...
-
1 Samuel 15:15; Exodus 32:22; Exodus 32:23; Genesis 3:13...
-
TO OBEY IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE
1 Samuel 15:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Disobedience is black with the frown of God. Sin is the transgression
of the Law. Disobedience is taking one's own way, as against...
-
But the people, &c. — Here the conscience of Saul begins to awake,
tho' but a little: for he still lays the blame on the people....