1 Samuel 15:17

1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 10:22; 1 Samuel 15:1-3; 1 Samuel 9:21; Hosea 13:1; Judges 6:15; Matthew 18:4

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Samuel said, When thou [wast] (g) little in thine own sight, [wast] thou not [made] the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king o...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RM 'Though thou be little in thine own sight, art thou not head of the tribes of Israel?' i.e. the excuse, even if genuine, was not valid. 22, 23....
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When thou wast little in thine own sight. — Kimchi’s rendering of the Hebrew here is singular: “Though thou seemest to thyself too little and weak...
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 f...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
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....
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samuel said, when thou [wast] little in thine own sight ,.... Humble and lowly, and had a mean opinion of himself, his family and tribe, and jud...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Samuel said, When thou [wast] little in thine own sight, [wast] thou not [made] the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king...
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 Am...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samuel Reproves Saul; Saul Rejected of God. B. C. 1065....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Little in thine own sight, i.e. modest, humble, and submissive, as 1 Samuel 9:21 , 1 Samuel 10:22 ; whereby he implies that now he was grown pr...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
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 ele...
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, a...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL ( 1 Samuel 15:1-9 .) EXPOSITION DIVINE COMMAND TO PUNISH THE AMALEKITES , AND ITS EXECUTION B...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samuel's Reproof
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, for so Saul had described himself when Samuel first met him, 1 Samuel 9:21 , wast thou n...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...

¹⁷ And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 15:17

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 15:17