1 Samuel 15:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will not This was no lie, though he afterward returned, because he spoke what he meant; his words and his intentions agreed together, though afterward he saw reason to change his intentions. Compare Genesis 19:2-3. This may relieve many perplexed consciences, who think themselves obliged to do what they have said they would do, though they see just cause to change their minds. Hath rejected thee, &c. But he does not say, he “hath rejected thee from salvation.” And who besides hath authority to say so?