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1 Samuel 15:1 open_in_new
The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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1 Samuel 15:2 open_in_new
the LORD of hosts. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3.
I remember. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.App-6.
how he laid wait. Compare Exodus 17:8.
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1 Samuel 15:3 open_in_new
Now go. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "now therefore go".
Amalek. Compare Exodus 17:16; Numbers 24:20.
utterly destroy. devote to destruction.
man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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1 Samuel 15:4 open_in_new
Telaim. Probably Telem (Joshua 15:24).
men. Hebrew. 'ish.App-14.
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1 Samuel 15:7 open_in_new
from. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6) thus: "[that dwell] from Havilah, "&c.
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1 Samuel 15:8 open_in_new
Kenites. Said to be the same as the Rechabites. Go, depart. Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton in 1 Samuel 15:6.
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1 Samuel 15:9 open_in_new
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in this verse.
every thing that was vile. all the stock that was worthless.
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1 Samuel 15:11 open_in_new
It repenteth Me. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
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1 Samuel 15:12 open_in_new
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
place. Hebrew. hand. Either to mark his claim to the place, or. monument, as in 2 Samuel 18:18.
on. over.
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1 Samuel 15:13 open_in_new
I have performed. See 1 Samuel 15:11.
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1 Samuel 15:15 open_in_new
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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1 Samuel 15:18 open_in_new
sinners. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
they be consumed. they have consumed them. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "thou have consumed them".
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1 Samuel 15:19 open_in_new
obey. hearken to.
evil. the evil. Hebrew. ra`a`. App-44.
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1 Samuel 15:20 open_in_new
obeyed. hearkened.
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1 Samuel 15:22 open_in_new
to obey. to hearken to.
to hearken. to give heed.
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1 Samuel 15:23 open_in_new
sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
witchcraft. divination or necromancy; i.e. dealings with spirits.
iniquity. Hebrew. 'aven. App-44.
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1 Samuel 15:24 open_in_new
transgressed. Hebrew. `abar. App-44.
commandment. Hebrew "mouth", put by Fig, Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by it.
words. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "word".
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1 Samuel 15:27 open_in_new
he. Saul.
his. Samuel's. Compare 1 Kings 11:30; 1 Kings 11:31.
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1 Samuel 15:29 open_in_new
the Strength. the Eternal One. First occurrence. Hebrew. nezah.. Divine title.
repent: i.e. as God, though He is said to do so by the Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
a man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
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1 Samuel 15:32 open_in_new
delicately. in fetters (Job 38:31). Septuagint has "trembling"; Vulgate has "sleek and trembling".
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1 Samuel 15:33 open_in_new
As. according as.
hewed: i.e. commanded him to be hewed or cut asunder after death. Verb occurs only here.
Agag. See note on Amalek (Exodus 17:16, and Compare 1 Samuel 15:3).
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1 Samuel 15:35 open_in_new
no more. Compare 1 Samuel 16:1 1 Samuel 16:14. 1 Samuel 19:23.
Samuel mourned: i.e. as for one dead. We do not read that Saul mourned for himself.