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Verse	Translation	Text
1Sa 15:11	King James	It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
It grieved Samuel - "Samuel was angry, or displeased," as Jonah was Jon 4:1, and for a similar reason. Samuel was displeased that the king whom he had anointed should be set aside. It seemed a slur on his prophetic office. He cried unto the Lord - With the wild scream or shriek of supplication. (See Sa1 7:8-9; Sa1 12:18.) The phrase and the action mark Samuel's fervent, earnest character.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

It grieved Samuel - "Samuel was angry, or displeased," as Jonah was Jon 4:1, and for a similar reason. Samuel was displeased that the king whom he had anointed should be set aside. It seemed a slur on his prophetic office.

He cried unto the Lord - With the wild scream or shriek of supplication. (See Sa1 7:8-9; Sa1 12:18.) The phrase and the action mark Samuel's fervent, earnest character.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
repenteth (See Scofield) - (Zac 8:14).

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

repenteth

(See Scofield) - (Zac 8:14).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Repenteth - Repentance implies grief of heart, and change of counsels, and therefore cannot be in God: but it is ascribed to God when God alters his method of dealing, and treats a person as if be did indeed repent of the kindness he had shewed him. All night - To implore his pardoning mercy for Saul, and for the people. Is turned back - Therefore he did once follow God. Otherwise it would have been impossible, he should turn back from following him.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Repenteth - Repentance implies grief of heart, and change of counsels, and therefore cannot be in God: but it is ascribed to God when God alters his method of dealing, and treats a person as if be did indeed repent of the kindness he had shewed him. All night - To implore his pardoning mercy for Saul, and for the people. Is turned back - Therefore he did once follow God. Otherwise it would have been impossible, he should turn back from following him.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul - That is, I placed him on the throne; I intended, if he had been obedient, to have established his kingdom. He has been disobedient; I change my purpose, and the kingdom shall not be established in his family. This is what is meant by God's repenting - changing a purpose according to conditions already laid down or mentally determined.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul - That is, I placed him on the throne; I intended, if he had been obedient, to have established his kingdom. He has been disobedient; I change my purpose, and the kingdom shall not be established in his family. This is what is meant by God's repenting - changing a purpose according to conditions already laid down or mentally determined.

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