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Verse 1 Samuel 15:24. _I HAVE SINNED - BECAUSE I FEARED THE PEOPLE_]
This was the best excuse he could make for himself; but had he _feared
GOD_ _more_, he need have _feared the PEOPLE less_....
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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 ...
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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...
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TRANSGRESSED. Hebrew. _`abar._ App-44.
COMMANDMENT. Hebrew "mouth", put by Fig, _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6,
for what is spoken by it.
WORDS. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "wor...
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The rejection of Saul
24. _I have sinned_ Though a formal confession of his sin is extorted
from Saul, he does not humble himself before God in genuine penitence.
He still tries to shift the blame on...
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AND SAMUEL SAID, HATH THE LORD, &C.— The excision of the Amalekites,
and the rejection of Saul for omitting to fulfil the commission given
to him, have been objected to by free-thinkers. I. With respe...
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_Samuel and Saul Parted Permanently._ 1 Samuel 15:24-35
24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed
the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the
people, an...
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_AND SAUL SAID UNTO SAMUEL, I HAVE SINNED: FOR I HAVE TRANSGRESSED THE
COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD, AND THY WORDS: BECAUSE I FEARED THE PEOPLE,
AND OBEYED THEIR VOICE._
I have sinned ... because I feared...
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15:24 commandment (e-14) Lit. 'mouth.'...
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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...
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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...
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I HAVE SINNED. — The grave condemnation of the prophet appalled the
king. The grounds of the Divine rejection evidently sank deep into
Saul’s heart. Such a thought as that, in the eyes of the Invisibl...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֤וּל אֶל ־שְׁמוּאֵל֙
חָטָ֔אתִי...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Voice: miserable excuse for a king, who ought to prevent the sins of
his people! (Calmet) --- Saul's transgression seems less than David's;
but the one repents, and the other proudly defends what he...
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(24) В¶ And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have
transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I
feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
What it was that brought down...
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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...
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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...
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AND SAUL SAID UNTO SAMUEL, I HAVE SINNED,.... This confession of his
sin does not appear to be ingenuous, cordial, and sincere, and was
made chiefly for the sake of getting the sentence of rejecting h...
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And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the
commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people,
and obeyed their voice.
Ver. 24. _I have sinned._] _Tandem a...
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_I have sinned_ It does by no means appear that Saul acts the
hypocrite herein, in assigning a false cause of his disobedience.
Rather, he nakedly declares the thing as it was. _Pardon my sin_
Neither...
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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...
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And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned, this confession was extorted
from him by fear, but was not an expression of true penitence; FOR I
HAVE TRANSGRESSED THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD AND THY WORDS,...
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Saul's Humiliation...
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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...
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24-31 There were several signs of hypocrisy in Saul's repentance. 1.
He besought Samuel only, and seemed most anxious to stand right in his
opinion, and to gain his favour. 2. He excuses his fault, e...
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I HAVE SINNED; which confession proceeded not from true repentance,
but from the sense of his great danger, and from a desire of recalling
that dreadful sentence denounced against him. THE COMMANDMENT...
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1 Samuel 15:24 Saul H7586 said H559 (H8799) Samuel H8050 sinned H2398
(H8804) transgressed H5674 (H8804) commandm
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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...
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1 Samuel 15:24
No man, surely, should dare depend upon God's temporal favours or upon
the friendship of the best of men after reading of the sin and
punishment of Saul, who failed so sadly at last, th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_I have sinned._
TEMPORARY RELIGIOUS FEELING
“Some are frightened into a little religiousness in their straits
and deep necessities, but it is poor work and superficial work. They
are like an ice in...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:1 The Lord finally rejects Saul as
king.
⇐ ⇔...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:24 Saul confesses, I HAVE SINNED. At
least he admits the basic issue (I FEARED THE PEOPLE). Instead of
being struck with the awfulness of his sin, Saul is more concerned
w...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 15:25. “PARDON MY SIN.” “He offers this prayer to
_Samuel_, not to _God_.” “TURN AGAIN WITH ME.” “According to 1
Samuel 15:30, to show him honour before the eld...
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FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL (1 Samuel 15:1.)
EXPOSITION
DIVINE COMMAND TO PUNISH THE AMALEKITES, AND ITS EXECUTION BY SAUL ...
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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...
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1 Samuel 15:15; 1 Samuel 15:30; 1 Samuel 15:9; 1 Samuel 2:29;...
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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...
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I have sinned — It does by no means appear, that Saul acts the
hypocrite herein, in assigning a false cause of his disobedience.
Rather, he nakedly declares the thing as it was....