1 Samuel 15:20

20 Então respondeu Saul a Samuel: Pelo contrário, dei ouvidos � voz do Senhor, e caminhei no caminho pelo qual o Senhor me enviou, e trouxe a Agague, rei de Amaleque, e aos amalequitas destruí totalmente;

1 Samuel 15:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 15:20

And Saul said to Samuel, yea, I have obeyed the voice of the
Lord
Here Saul breaks in upon Samuel before he had declared all that the Lord had said unto him; for having expostulated with him for not obeying the voice of the Lord, he could not forbear interrupting him, but with the utmost assurance affirms he had obeyed the voice of the Lord; but then it was very imperfectly, and poor proof does he give of it:

and have gone the way which the Lord sent me;
it is very true he went into the country of Amalek, but he did not do there all the Lord commanded him:

and have brought Agag the king of Amalek;
took him alive, and brought him captive; whereas he ought to have destroyed him at once, and not have reserved him for triumph; a sad proof this of his obeying the voice of the Lord:

and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites;
all that came in his way, in which he did right; but then he had not destroyed the principal of them, their king.

1 Samuel 15:20 In-Context

18 e bem assim te enviou o Senhor a este caminho, e disse: Vai, e destrói totalmente a estes pecadores, os amalequitas, e peleja contra eles, até que sejam aniquilados.

19 Por que, pois, não deste ouvidos � voz do Senhor, antes te lançaste ao despojo, e fizeste o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor?

20 Então respondeu Saul a Samuel: Pelo contrário, dei ouvidos � voz do Senhor, e caminhei no caminho pelo qual o Senhor me enviou, e trouxe a Agague, rei de Amaleque, e aos amalequitas destruí totalmente;

21 mas o povo tomou do despojo ovelhas e bois, o melhor do anátema, para o sacrificar ao Senhor teu Deus em Gilgal.

22 Samuel, porém, disse: Tem, porventura, o Senhor tanto prazer em holocaustos e sacrifícios, como em que se obedeça � voz do Senhor? Eis que o obedecer é melhor do que o sacrificar, e o atender, do que a gordura de carneiros