1 Samuel 15:18,19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

The Lord sent thee on a journey So easy was the service, and so certain the success, that it was rather to be called a journey than a war. Wherefore didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord? The command was as plain as words could make it; and there was no reason but his own base covetousness why it was not obeyed.

1 Samuel 15:18-19

18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?