1 Samuel 15:13-19 ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:10-23

Saul is here called to account by Samuel concerning the execution of his commission against the Amalekites; and remarkable instances we are here furnished with of the strictness of the justice of God and the treachery and deceitfulness of the heart of man. We are here told, I. What passed between God and Samuel, in secret, upon this occasion, 1 Sam. 15:10, 11. 1. God determines Saul's rejection, and acquaints Samuel with it: It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king. Repentance in God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:13

And Samuel came to Saul ,.... At Gilgal: and Saul said unto him, blessed be thou of the Lord ; signifying that he had abundant reason to bless the Lord on his account, not only that he had anointed him king, but had sent him on such an errand, in which he had succeeded so well, and it was a pleasure to him that he might report it to him: I have performed the commandment of the Lord ; either he was really ignorant that he had done amiss; and thought that his sparing Agag, when he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:14

And Samuel said, what meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears ,.... For the orders were to destroy all living creatures belonging to the Amalekites, 1 Samuel 15:3 if therefore Saul had performed the commandment of the Lord, as he said he had, from whence were these sheep Samuel heard bleating? and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ? where do they come from? these questions he put to convict him of the falsehood he had delivered; the bleating and lowing of these creatures... read more

John Gill

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

And Saul said, they have brought them from the Amalekites ,.... That is, the people, laying the blame upon them, as Adam did on his wife, as if he had no concern at all in it, when it is clear from 1 Samuel 15:9 he was the principal one; nor is it probable the people should do this of themselves, without his consent and authority, which was so directly contrary to the express order of God; and then to excuse the people as well as he could, on whom he laid the blame, he observes this was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:16

Then Samuel said unto Saul, stay ,.... Stop a little, do not be in haste to be gone, as he might seem to be, fearing a reproof, and that something would be said to him not very agreeable; or "suffer" F3 הרף "permitte", Pagninus, Montanus; "sine me", V. L. so Abarbinel. me, that is, to speak, give me leave to say a few words; for Saul being a king, Samuel treats him as such, and asks audience of him, or leave of him to deliver what he had to say to him: and I will tell thee what... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:17

And Samuel said, when thou wast little in thine own sight ,.... Humble and lowly, and had a mean opinion of himself, his family and tribe, and judged himself unworthy of the kingdom; see 1 Samuel 9:21 suggesting, that now he was proud and haughty, and would have his own will and way: wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel ; not of his own tribe only, which was the least, but of all the tribes, and so they were all subject to him, and at his command: and the Lord... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:18

And the Lord sent thee on a journey ,.... And therefore he ought to have attended to the errand sent upon, and executed the orders given; in vain, therefore, was it to lay the blame on the people: and said, go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites ; those notorious sinners, who deserve no mercy at the hands of God or men; who had so highly offended the Lord, and had been so injurious to his people at their first coming out of Egypt. The orders were plain, not to be mistaken,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:19

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord ,.... Who had made him king, and sent him on this errand, and gave him such plain directions, and such strong orders to make an entire consumption of Amalek: but didst fly upon the spoil ; like a bird of prey, such as an eagle or vulture, not to devote it to the Lord, by an entire destruction of it, but to seize it for his own use, as being greedily desirous and covetous of it: and didst evil in the sight of the Lord ? by... read more

Adam Clarke

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

The people spared the best of the sheep - It is very likely that the people did spare the best of the prey; and it is as likely that Saul might have restrained them if he would. That they might not love war, God had interdicted spoil and plunder, so the war was undertaken merely from a sense of duty, without any hope of enriching themselves by it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 15:17

Little in thine own sight - Who can bear prosperity? Is it not of the Lord's great goodness that the majority of the inhabitants of the earth are in comparative poverty? read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:10-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:14

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:19

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 15:17

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