1 Samuel 13:13-14 ASV

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 13:13

And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.For ever — The phrase, for ever, in scripture often signifies only a long time. So this had been abundantly verified, if the kingdom had been enjoyed by Saul, and by his son, and by his son's son; after whom the kingdom might have come to Judah. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 13:14

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.A man — That is, such a man as will fulfil all the desires of his heart, and not oppose them, as thou dost.Commanded — That is, hath appointed, as the word command is sometimes used: but though God threatened but Saul with the loss of his kingdom for his sin; yet it is not... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 13:13

13. Thou hast done foolishly “The prophet knew very well that there are many foolishnesses in the heart of man; but in his view, and in that of all the sacred writers, the lowest depth of human foolishness was in disobedience to the Lord’s commandments. There are two kinds of fools prominently noticed in Scripture the fool who denies that there is any God, and the fool who does not obey God though he does not deny his existence. And yet, after all, these are but one. One may as well... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 13:14

14. Thy kingdom shall not continue This means, as the context and the sequel show, that his kingdom should not be transmitted to his posterity, but transferred to another person of a truer heart. Neither this passage, nor its parallel in 1 Samuel 15:28, means that Saul was to be personally deposed, and another succeed him during his lifetime. The words of Samuel are simply a prophecy of what was to be. A man after his own heart David, as we shall find in the subsequent history. read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 13:13

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 13:14

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 13:13

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 13:14

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