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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 13:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 13:9 |
Strong Concordance |
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Bring hither [05066] a burnt offering [05930] to me, and peace offerings [08002]. And he offered [05927] the burnt offering [05930]. |
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King James |
And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
SAUL, WEARY OF WAITING FOR SAMUEL, SACRIFICES. (Sa1 13:9-16)
Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings--Saul, though patriotic enough in his own way, was more ambitious of gaining the glory of a triumph to himself than ascribing it to God. He did not understand his proper position as king of Israel; and although aware of the restrictions under which he held the sovereignty, he wished to rule as an autocrat, who possessed absolute power both in civil and sacred things. This occasion was his first trial. Samuel waited till the last day of the seven, in order to put the constitutional character of the king to the test; and, as Saul, in his impatient and passionate haste knowingly transgressed (Sa1 13:12) by invading the priest's office and thus showing his unfitness for his high office (as he showed nothing of the faith of Gideon and other Hebrew generals), he incurred a threat of the rejection which his subsequent waywardness confirmed. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| There is a difference of opinion among commentators whether Saul himself offered the sacrifices prepared for Samuel, thus entrenching upon the priest's office; or whether he ordered the priests to sacrifice, as Solomon did. In the latter case his sin consisted in disobeying the word of God, who had bidden him wait until Samuel came. And this is, on the whole, the more probable; since Samuel's rebuke says nothing of any assumption of priesthood, such as we read in the case of Uzziah Ch2 26:18. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And he offered the burnt-offering - This was most perfectly unconstitutional; he had no authority to offer, or cause to be offered, any of the Lord's sacrifices. |
12 Therefore said [0559] I, The Philistines [06430] will come down [03381] now upon me to Gilgal [01537], and I have not made supplication [02470] unto [06440] the LORD [03068]: I forced [0662] myself therefore, and offered [05927] a burnt offering [05930].
9 And Saul [07586] said [0559], Bring hither [05066] a burnt offering [05930] to me, and peace offerings [08002]. And he offered [05927] the burnt offering [05930].
10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end [03615] of offering [05927] the burnt offering [05930], behold, Samuel [08050] came [0935]; and Saul [07586] went out [03318] to meet [07125] him, that he might salute [01288] him.
11 And Samuel [08050] said [0559], What hast thou done [06213]? And Saul [07586] said [0559], Because I saw [07200] that the people [05971] were scattered [05310] from me, and that thou camest [0935] not within the days [03117] appointed [04150], and that the Philistines [06430] gathered themselves together [0622] at Michmash [04363];
12 Therefore said [0559] I, The Philistines [06430] will come down [03381] now upon me to Gilgal [01537], and I have not made supplication [02470] unto [06440] the LORD [03068]: I forced [0662] myself therefore, and offered [05927] a burnt offering [05930].
13 And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to Saul [07586], Thou hast done foolishly [05528]: thou hast not kept [08104] the commandment [04687] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], which he commanded [06680] thee: for now would the LORD [03068] have established [03559] thy kingdom [04467] upon Israel [03478] for [05704] ever [05769].
14 But now thy kingdom [04467] shall not continue [06965]: the LORD [03068] hath sought [01245] him a man [0376] after his own heart [03824], and the LORD [03068] hath commanded [06680] him to be captain [05057] over his people [05971], because thou hast not kept [08104] that which the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] thee.
15 And Samuel [08050] arose [06965], and gat him up [05927] from Gilgal [01537] unto Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]. And Saul [07586] numbered [06485] the people [05971] that were present [04672] with him, about six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376].
16 And Saul [07586], and Jonathan [03129] his son [01121], and the people [05971] that were present [04672] with them, abode [03427] in Gibeah [01387] of Benjamin [01144]: but the Philistines [06430] encamped [02583] in Michmash [04363].
18 And they withstood [05975] Uzziah [05818] the king [04428], and said [0559] unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah [05818], to burn incense [06999] unto the LORD [03068], but to the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], that are consecrated [06942] to burn incense [06999]: go out [03318] of the sanctuary [04720]; for thou hast trespassed [04603]; neither shall it be for thine honour [03519] from the LORD [03068] God [0430].