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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 15:35

And Samuel came no more to (p) see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD (q) repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

(p) Though Saul came where Samuel was, (1 Samuel 19:22).

(q) As in (1 Samuel 15:11).

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

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 15:35. _AND SAMUEL CAME NO MORE TO SEE SAUL_] But we read, 1 Samuel 19:22-9, that _Saul_ went to _see Samuel_ at Naioth, but this does not affect what is said here. From this time Samu...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SAMUEL CAME NO MORE ... - In the sense of visiting or conversing on public affairs....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NO MORE. Compare 1 Samuel 16:1 1 Samuel 16:14. 1 Samuel 19:23. SAMUEL MOURNED: i.e. as for one dead. We do not read that Saul mourned for himself....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    15:35 and (h-18) Or 'because.'...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CAME NO MORE TO SEE SAUL] As a prophet he had no longer any message for the rejected king, although as a man he mourned for the failure of a career that had once seemed so promising. The execution of...

  • 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

    CAME NO MORE TO SEE SAUL... — Once more the old friends met together _in life_ (see 1 Samuel 19:24), but the interview on this occasion was not of Samuel’s seeking; nor does it appear then that any co...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לֹא ־יָסַ֨ף שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל לִ רְאֹ֤ות אֶת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

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

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • 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

    AND SAMUEL CAME NO MORE TO SEE SAUL UNTIL THE DAY OF HIS DEATH,.... Or "added not to see him" x; not that he saw him no more, he saw him afterwards, 1 Samuel 19:24, but it was accidentally, he did not...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. Ver. 35. _And Samuel came no more,_...

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

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Saul's Humiliation...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SAMUEL COMPLETES WHAT SAUL HAD FAILED TO COMPLETE (1 SAMUEL 15:32). Samuel recognised that what had been devoted to YHWH must be given to him, and so he calls for Agag to be brought and executes him....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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