1 Samuel 15:28-35 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:24-31

Saul is at length brought to put himself into the dress of the penitent; but it is too evident that he only acts the part of a penitent, and is not one indeed. Observe, I. How poorly he expressed his repentance. It was with much ado that he was made sensible of his fault, and not till he was threatened with being deposed. This touched him in a tender part. Then he began to relent, and not till then. When Samuel told him he was rejected from being king, then he said, I have sinned, 1 Sam.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:32-35

Samuel, as a prophet, is here set over kings, Jer. 1:10. I. He destroys king Agag, doubtless by such special direction from heaven as none now can pretend to. He hewed Agag in pieces. Some think he only ordered it to be done; or perhaps he did it with his own hands, as a sacrifice to God's injured justice (1 Sam. 15:33), and sacrifices used to be cut in pieces. Now observe in this, 1. How Agag's present vain hopes were frustrated: He came delicately, in a stately manner, to show that he was a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:28

And Samuel said unto him, the Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day ,.... Seeing his mantle rent by Saul, he took occasion from thence to predict, and no doubt it was impressed on his mind by the Spirit of God, that his kingdom should be in a like manner rent from him, on account of his own evil conduct and behaviour; and from this day forward he might expect it; the sentence was gone forth from God, and it would not be reversed; and by a like sign was signified the rending... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent ,.... Neither of the evil which he had threatened to Saul in taking away the kingdom from him; nor of the good which he had promised to David in giving it to him; nor of his purpose and promise to Israel to protect and defend them, save and deliver them from the Philistines, and continue them a nation and kingdom: and for the confirmation of all this, this title or character of the Lord is given, "the Strength of Israel"; hence he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:30

Then he said, I have sinned ,.... So he had said before, 1 Samuel 15:24 but his confession there was attended with an extenuation of his sin, pleading in excuse of it that it was through fear of the people, but here it is without any; and yet by what follows it appears to be not ingenuous and sincere, but hypocritical: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel ; with his company; since should he be slighted openly by the Lord, and by his prophet,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:31

So Samuel turned again after Saul ,.... Though he before said he would not, 1 Samuel 15:26 yet he did, changing his mind, as he might without being chargeable with a lie; and he also might have an impulse from the Lord so to do, and which he did not in order to worship with Saul, which it does not appear he did, but rather the contrary; but that Saul might not be despised by the people, and his authority lessened, while he continued king; and that he might do what Saul had neglected to do,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:32

Then said Samuel, bring you hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites ,.... This he said very probably to some of Saul's officers, and in his presence, and before all the people met together for sacrifice: and Agag came unto him delicately ; fat and plump, as the Vulgate Latin version, and yet trembling, as that and the Septuagint; well dressed, in the garb and habit of a king, and with the air and majesty of one; or with pleasure and joy, as Kimchi, choosing rather to die than to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:33

And Samuel said, as thy sword hath made women childless ,.... Or, "bereaved F19 שכלה "orbavit", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, &c.; " them, not of their children only, but of their husbands also, and so made them both childless and widows; by which it appears that he was a cruel prince, and justly died for his own barbarity and wickedness, as well as for the sins of his ancestors four hundred years ago: so shall thy mother be childless among women ; which was according to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:34

Then Samuel went to Ramah ,.... His native place, and where was his usual residence: and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul ; which was also his birth place, and where was his father's house, and where he had his palace, and kept his court; and took its name from him, to distinguish it from another Gibeah; and so Josephus F23 De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 2. sect. 1. says it was called Gabathsaoule, and was about thirty furlongs or four miles from Jerusalem. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:35

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death ,.... Or "added not to see him" F24 ולא יסף־לראות "et non addidit ad videndum", Montanus. ; not that he saw him no more, he saw him afterwards, 1 Samuel 19:24 , but it was accidentally, he did not go to see him, but Saul came to him; and Abarbinel supposes he might not see him then, but hid his face from him; and he observes that it is said: until the day of his death ; which intimates, he thinks, that he saw him... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:24-31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:32-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:35

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