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1 Samuel 15:1-6

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The Lord Rejects Saul

1 And Samuel said to Saul, 1"The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD.
2 Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I have noted what Amalek did to Israel 2in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt.
3 Now go and strike Amalek and 3devote to destruction[a] all that they have. Do not spare them, 4but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
4 So Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
6 Then Saul said to 5the Kenites, "Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. 6For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
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1 Samuel 15:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 15

In this chapter are recorded the order Saul had from the Lord to destroy Amalek utterly, 1Sa 15:1-3 the preparation he made to put it in execution, and the success thereof, 1Sa 15:4-9 the offence the Lord took at his not obeying his order thoroughly, with which Samuel was made acquainted, and which grieved him, 1Sa 15:10,11, upon which he went out to meet Saul, and reprove him; and a long discourse upon the subject passed between them, the issue of which was, that by an irrevocable decree he was rejected from being king, 1Sa 15:12-31 and the chapter is concluded with an account of Samuel's hewing in pieces Agag king of Amalek, and of his final departure from Saul, 1Sa 15:32-35.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 6

  • 1. 1 Samuel 9:16
  • 2. See Exodus 17:8-16; Deuteronomy 25:17-19
  • 3. Leviticus 27:28, 29; Joshua 6:17, 21
  • 4. [1 Samuel 22:19]
  • 5. 1 Samuel 27:10; Judges 1:16
  • 6. [Exodus 18:10, 19; Numbers 10:29, 32]

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20, 21
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