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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 15:2

Compare the marginal references. It appears 1 Samuel 14:48 that this expedition against Amalek was not made without fresh provocation. Probably some incursion similar to that described in 1 Samuel 30 was made by them upon the south country at a time when they thought the Israelites were weakened by their contests with the Philistines.

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See also 1 Samuel 15:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 15:2. _I REMEMBER_ THAT _WHICH AMALEK DID_] The Amalekites were a people of Arabia Petraea, who had occupied a tract of country on the frontiers of Egypt and Palestine. They had acted...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. I REMEMBER. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia.App-6._ HOW HE LAID WAIT. Compare Exodus 17:8....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I remember_ Rather, I HAVE REVIEWED, or, CONSIDERED. Vulg. _recensui_. _that which Amalek did to Israel_ The origin of the powerful tribe of the Amalekites is uncertain. According to one view they ha...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I REMEMBER— Literally, _I visit,_ or _have my eyes upon;_ God hereby signifying, that he observed with attentive eyes what Israel had suffered by means of the Amalekites. Houb. See Exodus 17:14. Deute...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    The Lord's Rejection of Saul, 1 Samuel 15:1-35. _Saul Sent Against the Amalekites._ 1 Samuel 15:1-6 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee _to be_ king over his people, over Isr...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, I REMEMBER THAT WHICH AMALEK DID TO ISRAEL, HOW HE LAID WAIT FOR HIM IN THE WAY, WHEN HE CAME UP FROM EGYPT._ I remember - I am reminded of what Amalek did; perhaps by...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (1 Samuel 15:1) SAMUEL ALSO SAID UNTO SAUL... — The compiler of the history, selecting, no doubt, from ancient state records, chose to illustrate the story of the reign and rejection of Saul by certai...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THAT WHICH AMALEK DID TO ISRAEL. — The Amalekites were a fierce, untameable race of wanderers, who roamed at large through those deserts which lie between Southern Judea and the Egyptian frontier. The...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות פָּקַ֕דְתִּי אֵ֛ת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LEADING THE PEOPLE IN DISOBEDIENCE 1 Samuel 15:1 Several years intervened between the preceding chapter and this. The kingdom had become strong and prosperous. It seemed as though Samuel's sentence o...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Reckoned up. God speaks in a human manner, as if he had been reading the history of ancient times, Exodus xvii. 14. (Menochius) --- The Amalecites had treated Israel with inhumanity, above 400 years...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (2) Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. (3) Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... Of the celestial host of angels, and of the army of Israel, yea, of all the armies of the earth: this is premised to engage the attention of Saul: I REMEMBER THAT WH...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember [that] which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid [wait] for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Ver. 2. _Thus saith the Lord of hosts._] Who judgeth rig...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Hearken thou unto the voice of the Lord_ Thou hast erred already; now regain God's favour by thy exact obedience to what he commands. _Thus saith the Lord, I remember_, &c. Now I will avenge those ol...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the almighty Ruler of armies, I REMEMBER THAT WHICH AMALEK DID TO ISRAEL, during the desert journey, HOW HE LAID WAIT FOR HIM IN THE WAY WHEN HE CAME UP FROM EGYPT, Exodu...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE UNAUTHORIZED ACTION OF SAUL...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 The sentence of condemnation against the Amalekites had gone forth long before, Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 25:19, but they had been spared till they filled up the measure of their sins. We are sur...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I seem to have forgotten, but now I will show that I remember, and now will revenge, those old injuries done four hundred years ago, which now I will punish in their children; which was the more just,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 15:2 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 punish H6485 (H8804) Amalek H6002 did H6213 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH COMMANDS HIS ANOINTED TO SLAY THE AMALEKITES AS A DIVINE JUDGMENT ON THEM (1 SAMUEL 15:1). It is important to recognise in this passage that Saul is specifically instructed as ‘the anointed of YH...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel._ NATIONAL SINS AND NATIONAL PUNISHMENTS We turn from Saul to the case of those against whom he was sent. “Thus saith the Lor...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:1 The Lord finally rejects Saul as king. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:2 WHAT AMALEK DID TO ISRAEL. The Amalekites were a nomadic tribe that inhabited the desert south of Judah (Numbers 13:29). They attacked Israe

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— “Samuel also said to Saul.” “This verse is not to be connected chronologically with chap. 12, but continues the narrative of chaps. 13 and 14. The solemn reminder of Sau...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL (1 Samuel 15:1.) EXPOSITION DIVINE COMMAND TO PUNISH THE AMALEKITES, AND ITS EXECUTION BY SAUL ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 8:7; Deuteronomy 25:17; Exodus 17:8; Hosea 7:2; Jeremiah 31:34;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I remember — Now I will revenge those old injuries of the Amalekites on their children: who continue in their parents practices. Came from Egypt — When he was newly come out of cruel and long bondage,...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Why did God destroy the Amalekites? PROBLEM: God is depicted in the Bible as a God of mercy and compassion, freely forgiving those who turn to Him (Psalms 94:18-19; Lamentations 3:22; James 5:11;...

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