1 Samuel 15:22-23

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

23 "For rebellion is as the sin of ³divination, And insubordination is as ⁴iniquity and idolatry. Because you 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