1 Samuel 15:22-23

22 And Samuel said, ¹"Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, ²to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and ³idolatry. Because ⁴you have rejected the word of the LORD, ⁵he has also rejected you from being king."

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1 Samuel 15:22-23 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

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1. Psalms 40:6-8; Psalms 50:8, 9; Proverbs 21:3; Isa. 1:11-13, 16, 17; Jeremiah 7:22, 23; Micah 6:6-8; Hebrews 10:6-9
2. Ecclesiastes 5:1; Hosea 6:6; Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7; Mark 12:33
3. See Genesis 31:19, 34
4. ver. 26
5. 1 Samuel 13:14

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1 Samuel 15:22-23

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1 Samuel 15:22-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 15

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