1 Samuel 15:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. ”

1 Samuel 15:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my (k) sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. (k) This was not true repentance, but deceit out of fear for the loss of his kingdom.
1 Samuel 15:25 - 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...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. Pardon my sin - Literally, bear my sin; take it away; forgive what I have done against thee, and be my...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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. Wit...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. Turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord. The erring but proud and obstinate monarch was...
1 Samuel 15:25 - 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 ;...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin. — But, after all, the sorrow of Saul was rather for the immediate earthly consequence which he feared might follow the Divine rejection. He foresaw his po...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXI. THE FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL 1 Samuel 15:1-35 . 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...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Shallow Repentance Unavailing 1 Samuel 15:17-35 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....
1 Samuel 15:25 - 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...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(25) Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. What a folly to ask Samuel to pardon his sin. But to preserve still his dignity with the people,...
1 Samuel 15:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin ,.... It can hardly be thought that Saul was so ignorant as to imagine that Samuel could pardon his sin, as committed against God, which none but God can do...
1 Samuel 15:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. Ver. 25. Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, ] i.e., Pray God to pardon it: though some he...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Neithe...
1 Samuel 15:25 - L. 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 th...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul's Dethronement Foretold. B. C. 1065. 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned:...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Pardon my sin; use thy great interest with God to obtain the pardon of my sin. Or, do thou pardon my sin against thee; for he had sinned not only against God, but against Samuel also, as God's prop...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel Seeks Saul Out In Order To Give Him A Stern Rebuke And Declare That YHWH Has Withdrawn From Him His Support ( 1 Samuel 15:12-31 ). We do not know for sure where Samuel was at this time alth...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 be...
1 Samuel 15:25 - 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 n...
1 Samuel 15:25 - 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 unpro...
1 Samuel 15:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL ( 1 Samuel 15:1-9 .) EXPOSITION DIVINE COMMAND TO PUNISH THE AMALEKITES , AND ITS EXECUTION BY SAUL ( 1 Samuel 15:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 15:1...
1 Samuel 15:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul's Humiliation
1 Samuel 15:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 10:17
1 Samuel 15:25 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice 1 Samuel 15:1-28 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...
1 Samuel 15:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Pardon my sin — Neither can it be proved that there was any hypocrisy in this. Rather charity requires us to believe, that he sincerely desired pardon, both from God and man, as he now knew, he had...

1 Samuel 15:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 15:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 15:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 15:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 15:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 15:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 15:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 15:25 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 15:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 15:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 15:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 15:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:25 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 15:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes