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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:1-35

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 mentioned as allies of the Midianites in Judges 7:12. The Amalekite nomads probably occupied a large tract of the wilderness S. of Judah. This chapter evidently comes from a different source from the preceding, which concludes the history of Saul. It forms the connexion between the history of Saul and that of David. We have no means of determining to what part of Saul's reign it belongs.

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See also 1 Samuel 15:1-35 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XV _Samuel sends Saul to destroy the Amalekites, and all their_ _substance_, 1-3. _Saul collects an immense army and comes against their city_, 4, 5. _He desires the Kenites to remove fro...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The absence of all chronology or note of time is remarkable....

  • 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. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    1 Samuel 15:1-9. Saul's commission to destroy Amalek 1. _Samuel also said_ AND SAMUEL SAID. How long after the repulse of the Philistines this happened, we are not told. Some years at least must be a...

  • 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

    _SAMUEL ALSO SAID UNTO SAUL, THE LORD SENT ME TO ANOINT THEE TO BE KING OVER HIS PEOPLE, OVER ISRAEL: NOW THEREFORE HEARKEN THOU UNTO THE VOICE OF THE WORDS OF THE LORD._ The Lord sent me to anoint t...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל ־שָׁא֔וּל אֹתִ֨י ש

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee [to be] king over his people, over Israel: now therefore (a) hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. (a) Because he has prefe...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lord, in gratitude for so great an honour. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS The sacred historian is prosecuting the account of Saul's reign, in this chapter. Every part of his government seems to be with a view to aggrandize himself, and to show his disregard to the...

  • 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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _A SHIPWRECKED LIFE_ ‘King over His people Israel.’ 1 Samuel 15:1 The story of Saul is among the saddest which Scripture anywhere contains. I. NOTICE FIRST THE SINGULAR ELEMENTS OF NOBLENESS WHICH...

  • 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

    SAMUEL ALSO SAID UNTO SAUL,.... When and where he said to him what follows, it is not easy to determine, perhaps at Gilgal, where they after met again: THE LORD SENT ME TO ANOINT THEE TO BE KING OVER...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    1Sa 15:1-35 :1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee [to be] king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. Ver. 1. _The...

  • 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

    THE UNAUTHORIZED ACTION OF SAUL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Samuel also said unto Saul, in delivering to him the Lord's commission, THE LORD SENT ME TO ANOINT THEE TO BE KING OVER HIS PEOPLE, OVER ISRAEL; NOW, THEREFORE, HEARKEN THOU UNTO THE VOICE OF THE WORD...

  • 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

    1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 15 Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy the Amalekites: his army, 1 SAMUEL 15:1. He favoureth the Kenites; spareth Agag, and the best of the spoil: God rejects Saul from being king, 1 SAMUE...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 15:1-35:1 Samuel H8050 said H559 (H8799) Saul H7586 LORD H3068 sent H7971 (H8804) anoint H4886 ...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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

  • 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

    1 Chronicles 22:12; 1 Chronicles 22:13; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 12:14;...

  • 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

    Hearken — Thou hast committed error already, now regain God's favour by thy exact obedience to what he commands....

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