obey. hearken to.
evil. the evil. Hebrew. ra`a`. App-44.
XV. The War against Amalek; Saul's Disobedience and Deposition (E). - A section of a secondary narrative; according to the scheme adopted here, the...
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?
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....
Saul's Victory over Amalek. His Disobedience and Rejection Amalek had attacked Israel at Rephidim ( Exodus 17:8 ) and opposed their entrance into...
Didst fly upon the spoil. — The expression used evidently includes the idea of greedy eagerness, as though Samuel detected a spirit of grasping cov...
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 f...
CHAPTER XXIII. DAVID'S EARLY LIFE* (* A few paragraphs on the Life of David are reproduced from the author's book “David, King of Israel.") 1...
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....
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...
(13) And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. (14) And Samuel said...
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord ,.... Who had made him king, and sent him on this errand, and gave him such plain direction...
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? Ver. 19. Wherefore...
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. Wherefo...
God had a more solemn controversy with the Amalekites than with the Philistines. The mere formal worship typified by the Philistines is empty; but Am...
Samuel Reproves Saul; Saul Rejected of God. B. C. 1065....
Who cannot be deceived by thy fair professions of religion, but knows very well that thou didst not seek sacrifices for God, but prey for thyself.
Samuel Seeks Saul Out In Order To Give Him A Stern Rebuke And Declare That YHWH Has Withdrawn From Him His Support ( 1 Samuel 15:12-31 ).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 no...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 15:4 . “Telaim.” Most likely the same as Telem ( Joshua 15:21 ; Joshua 15:24 ), a city lying on the...
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 ele...
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, a...
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king. Saul rejected The story is graphic and pathetic. This is Saul’s victory and also his defeat...
FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL ( 1 Samuel 15:1-9 .) EXPOSITION DIVINE COMMAND TO PUNISH THE AMALEKITES , AND ITS EXECUTION B...
Samuel's Reproof
Wherefore, then, after this plain command, didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, in eager greed, in passionate c...
2 Chronicles 33:2 ; 2 Chronicles 33:6 ; 2 Chronicles 36:12 ; 2 Timothy 4:10 ; Habakkuk 2:9-12 ; Jeremiah 7:11 ; Proverbs 15:27
To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice 1 Samuel 15:1-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Disobedience is black with the frown of God. Sin is the transgression of...
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?