Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:13-23
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 eastern border of Judah, and therefore near the territory of the Amalekites. “Ten thousand men of Judah.” “This implies that the two hundred thousand were from the other tribes.” (Keil.) “The separate mention of the men of Judah shows how little union there was between Judah and Ephraim even at this time; a circumstance which throws light upon the whole after... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 15:17
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 proud, and stubborn, and impudent, both to commit sin and justify it. read more