Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 15:10-23
10-23 Repentance in God is not a change of mind, as it is in us, but a change of method. The change was in Saul; "He is turned back from following me." Hereby he made God his enemy. Samuel spent a whole night in pleading for Saul. The rejection of sinners is the grief of believers: God delights not in their death, nor should we. Saul boasts to Samuel of his obedience. Thus sinners think, by justifying themselves, to escape being judged of the Lord. The noise the cattle made, like the rust of... read more
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:17
Eyes. God rejects the proud, and gives his grace to the humble. See Luke i. 52. (Haydock) read more