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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 15:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 15:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Samuel [08050] also said [0559] unto Saul [07586], The LORD [03068] sent [07971] me to anoint [04886] thee to be king [04428] over his people [05971], over Israel [03478]: now therefore hearken [08085] thou unto the voice [06963] of the words [01697] of the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. |
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 SENT TO DESTROY AMALEK. (Sa1 15:1-6)
Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee . . .: now therefore hearken thou unto . . . the Lord--Several years had been passed in successful military operations against troublesome neighbors. During these Saul had been left to act in a great measure at his own discretion as an independent prince. Now a second test is proposed of his possessing the character of a theocratic monarch in Israel; and in announcing the duty required of him, Samuel brought before him his official station as the Lord's vicegerent, and the peculiar obligation under which he was laid to act in that capacity. He had formerly done wrong, for which a severe rebuke and threatening were administered to him (Sa1 13:13-14). Now an opportunity was afforded him of retrieving that error by an exact obedience to the divine command. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The absence of all chronology or note of time is remarkable. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The account of the war against the Amalekites is a very condensed one, and is restricted to a description of the conduct of Saul on that occasion. Without mentioning either the time or the immediate occasion of the war, the narrative commences with the command of God which Samuel solemnly communicated to Saul, to go and exterminate that people. Samuel commenced with the words, "Jehovah sent me to anoint thee to be king over His people, over Israel," in order to show to Saul the obligation which rested upon him to receive his commission as coming from God, and to proceed at once to fulfil it. The allusion to the anointing points back not to Sa1 11:15, but to Sa1 10:1.
Sa1 15:2
"Thus saith the Lord of Zebaoth, I have looked upon what Amalek did to Israel, that it placed itself in his way when he came up out of Egypt" (Exo 17:8). Samuel merely mentions this first outbreak of hostility on the part of Amalek towards the people of Israel, because in this the same disposition was already manifested which now made the people ripe for the judgment of extermination (vid., Exo 17:14). The hostility which they had now displayed, according to Sa1 15:33, there was no necessity for the prophet to mention particularly, since it was well known to Saul and all Israel. When God looks upon a sin, directs His glance towards it, He must punish it according to His own holiness. This פּקדתּי points at the very outset to the punishment about to be proclaimed.
Sa1 15:3
Saul is to smite and ban everything belonging to it without reserve, i.e., to put to death both man and beast. The last clause וגו is only an explanation and exemplification of וגו והחרמתּם. "From man to woman," etc., i.e., men and women, children and sucklings, etc. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Hearken - Thou hast committed error already, now regain God's favour by thy exact obedience to what he commands. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Lord sent me to anoint thee - This gave him a right to say what immediately follows. |
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.
1 Samuel [08050] also said [0559] unto Saul [07586], The LORD [03068] sent [07971] me to anoint [04886] thee to be king [04428] over his people [05971], over Israel [03478]: now therefore hearken [08085] thou unto the voice [06963] of the words [01697] of the LORD [03068].
2 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], I remember [06485] that which Amalek [06002] did [06213] to Israel [03478], how he laid [07760] wait for him in the way [01870], when he came up [05927] from Egypt [04714].
3 Now go [03212] and smite [05221] Amalek [06002], and utterly destroy [02763] all that they have, and spare [02550] them not; but slay [04191] both man [0376] and woman [0802], infant [05768] and suckling [03243], ox [07794] and sheep [07716], camel [01581] and ass [02543].
4 And Saul [07586] gathered [08085] the people [05971] together [08085], and numbered [06485] them in Telaim [02923], two hundred [03967] thousand [0505] footmen [07273], and ten [06235] thousand [0505] men [0376] of Judah [03063].
5 And Saul [07586] came [0935] to a city [05892] of Amalek [06002], and laid wait [07378] [0693] in the valley [05158].
6 And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto the Kenites [07017], Go [03212], depart [05493], get you down [03381] from among [08432] the Amalekites [06002], lest I destroy [0622] you with them: for ye shewed [06213] kindness [02617] to all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], when they came up [05927] out of Egypt [04714]. So the Kenites [07017] departed [05493] from among [08432] the Amalekites [06003].
3 Now go [03212] and smite [05221] Amalek [06002], and utterly destroy [02763] all that they have, and spare [02550] them not; but slay [04191] both man [0376] and woman [0802], infant [05768] and suckling [03243], ox [07794] and sheep [07716], camel [01581] and ass [02543].
33 And Samuel [08050] said [0559], As thy sword [02719] hath made women [0802] childless [07921], so shall thy mother [0517] be childless [07921] among women [0802]. And Samuel [08050] hewed [08158] Agag [090] in pieces [08158] before [06440] the LORD [03068] in Gilgal [01537].
14 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Write [03789] this for a memorial [02146] in a book [05612], and rehearse [07760] it in the ears [0241] of Joshua [03091]: for I will utterly [04229] put out [04229] the remembrance [02143] of Amalek [06002] from under heaven [08064].
8 Then came [0935] Amalek [06002], and fought [03898] with Israel [03478] in Rephidim [07508].
2 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], I remember [06485] that which Amalek [06002] did [06213] to Israel [03478], how he laid [07760] wait for him in the way [01870], when he came up [05927] from Egypt [04714].
1 Then Samuel [08050] took [03947] a vial [06378] of oil [08081], and poured [03332] it upon his head [07218], and kissed [05401] him, and said [0559], Is it not because the LORD [03068] hath anointed [04886] thee to be captain [05057] over his inheritance [05159]?
15 And all the people [05971] went [03212] to Gilgal [01537]; and there they made Saul [07586] king [04427] before [06440] the LORD [03068] in Gilgal [01537]; and there they sacrificed [02076] sacrifices [02077] of peace offerings [08002] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and there Saul [07586] and all the men [0582] of Israel [03478] rejoiced [08055] greatly [03966].