1 Samuel 15:35

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 15:35

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 15:35

And Samuel came no more to see Saul - But we read, 1 Samuel 19:22-24 , that Saul went to see Samuel at Naioth, but this does not affect what is said here. From this time Samuel had no connection with Saul; he never more acknowledged him as king; he mourned and prayed for him, and continued to perform his prophetic functions at Ramah, and at Naioth, superintending the school of the prophets in that place. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:32-35

Painful duties. The facts are— 1 . Samuel summons Agag into his presence and hews him in pieces. 2 . Samuel departs from Saul, and though mourning for him, no longer holds any official connection with him. The effect of Saul's disobedience on the people would have been disastrous were the original command to be in any way evaded; and, therefore, though it was no part of the prophet's ordinary functions to act as executioner, Samuel so far deviated from his usual course, and put his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:35

Samuel came no more to see Saul. The friendly intercourse which had previously existed was now broken off, and though they met again ( 1 Samuel 19:24 ), it was neither in an amicable manner, nor was their interview of Samuel's seeking. But the words have a higher meaning than the mere seeing or meeting one with the other. They involve the cessation of that relation in which Samuel and Saul had previously stood to one another as respectively the prophet and king of the same Jehovah Saul was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 15:35

Samuel came no more ... - In the sense of visiting or conversing on public affairs. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 15:35

1 Samuel 15:35. Samuel came no more to see Saul That is, to visit him, in token of respect or friendship; or, to seek counsel from God for him. Otherwise he did see him afterward, 1 Samuel 19:24. Though indeed it was not Samuel that came thither with a design to see Saul, but Saul went thither to see Samuel, and that accidentally. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul For his impenitence and rejection. He still had so much love to him, or to his country, as to lament the sad condition into... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:1-35

War against the Amalekites (15:1-35)The Amalekites came under the same curse as those Canaanite nations that were to be destroyed (15:1-3; cf. Exodus 17:8-16; Deuteronomy 20:16-18; Deuteronomy 25:17-19). Again Saul’s obedience was tested, and again he failed. His kingly power gave him no right to alter God-given instructions to suit himself (4-9).God sent Samuel to tell Saul of the consequences of his disobedience (10-16; cf. 13:13-14). Religious sacrifices and military victories were no... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 15:35

no more . Compare 1 Samuel 16:1 , 1Sa 16:14 ; 1 Samuel 19:23 . Samuel mourned : i.e. as for one dead. We do not read that Saul mourned for himself. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 15:1-35

5. Yahweh’s final rejection of Saul ch. 15"In the short pericope 1 Samuel 13:7-15 a obedience was the stone on which Saul stumbled; here it is the rock that crushes him." [Note: Ibid., p. 142.] Chapter 15 records one of the battles Saul fought with the Amalekites, Israel’s enemy to the south (cf. 1 Samuel 14:48). The Amalekites were descendants of Esau (Genesis 36:12; 1 Chronicles 1:36) and, therefore, linked with the Edomites. They were nomads who lived principally in southern Canaan and the... read more

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