1 Samuel 15:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. ”

1 Samuel 15:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Delicately - This phrase is very obscure. The meaning of the word so rendered is “dainties, delights” Genesis 49:20 ; Proverbs 29:17 ; Lamentations 4:5 , which hardly gives a tolerable sense h...
1 Samuel 15:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the (n) bitterness of death is past. (n) He expected nothing less th...
1 Samuel 15:32 - 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 15:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

delicately . in fetters ( Job 38:31 ). Septuagint has "trembling"; Vulgate has "sleek and trembling".
1 Samuel 15:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. Agag came unto him delicately - The...
1 Samuel 15:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Agag came unto him delicately, &c.— Houbigant renders this, Agag came to him from his bonds, and said, How bitter is death! for his justification of which version we refer to his note. It...
1 Samuel 15:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. Agag came ... delicately - p...
1 Samuel 15:32 - 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 15:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. — But in the public service of thanksgiving there was one stern act of judgment still to be done. The King of the Amalekites had been sentence...
1 Samuel 15:32 - 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 15:32 - 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 15:32 - 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 15:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(32) В¶ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. (33) And Samuel said, As thy...
1 Samuel 15:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said Samuel, bring you hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites ,.... This he said very probably to some of Saul's officers, and in his presence, and before all the people met together for...
1 Samuel 15:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. Ver. 32. And Agag came unto him d...
1 Samuel 15:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Agag came unto him delicately Hebrew, מעדנת, magnadannoth, in delights , or ornaments; that is, he came not like an offender, expecting the sentence of death, but in the garb, and gesture, and m...
1 Samuel 15:32 - 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 15:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Agag Slain. B. C. 1065. 32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of th...
1 Samuel 15:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Delicately, or in delights , or in his ornaments , i.e. he came not like an offender, expecting the sentence of death, but in that garb and gesture which became his quality. And Agag said, or,...
1 Samuel 15:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel Completes What Saul Had Failed To Complete ( 1 Samuel 15:32-35 ). Samuel recognised that what had been devoted to YHWH must be given to him, and so he calls for Agag to be brought and execu...
1 Samuel 15:32 - 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 15:32 - 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 15:32 - 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 15:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

Surely, the bitterness of death is passed. Death an advantage So cried Agag, and the only objection I have go this text is that a bad man uttered it. Nevertheless, it is true, and in a higher s...
1 Samuel 15:32 - 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 15:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul's Humiliation
1 Samuel 15:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; Jeremiah 48:44 ; Revelation 18:7

1 Samuel 15:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 15:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 15:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 15:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 15:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 15:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 15:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 15:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 15:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 15:32 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 15:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 15:32 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 15:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 15:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 15:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge