1 Samuel 15:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. ”

1 Samuel 15:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The pertinacity with which Saul clings to Samuel for support is a striking testimony to Samuel’s integrity. With all his worldly-mindedness Saul could perceive and appreciate the purity of Samuel’s...
1 Samuel 15:30 - 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 15:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
1 Samuel 15:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. No JFB commentary...
1 Samuel 15:30 - 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 15:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders. — It was a strange penitence, after all, this sorrow of Saul for his great sin. He was, no doubt, terribly in earnest and in great fear; but his e...
1 Samuel 15:30 - 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 15:30 - 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 15:30 - 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 15:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(26) And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. (27) And as Samuel turned about...
1 Samuel 15:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then he said, I have sinned ,.... So he had said before, 1 Samuel 15:24 but his confession there was attended with an extenuation of his sin, pleading in excuse of it that it was through fear of t...
1 Samuel 15:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then he said, I have sinned: [yet] honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. Ver. 30. I have sinned...
1 Samuel 15:30 - 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 15:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul's Dethronement Foretold. B. C. 1065. 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned:...
1 Samuel 15:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Here he plainly discovers his hypocrisy, and the true motive of this and his former confession; he was not solicitous for the favour of God, but for his honour and power with Israel.
1 Samuel 15:30 - 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 15:30 - 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 15:30 - 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 15:30 - 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 15:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people. True and false repentance How may we discriminate between a merely seeming repentance and genuine penitence? There...
1 Samuel 15:30 - 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 15:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul's Humiliation
1 Samuel 15:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 3:5 ; Habakkuk 2:4 ; Isaiah 29:13 ; John 12:43 ; John 5:44 ; Luke 18:9-14

1 Samuel 15:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 15:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 15:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 15:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 15:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 15:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 15:30 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 15:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 15:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 15:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 15:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 15:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge