1 Samuel 15:23

23 Porque a rebelião é como o pecado de adivinhação, e a obstinação é como a iniqüidade de idolatria. Porquanto rejeitaste a palavra do Senhor, ele também te rejeitou, a ti, para que não sejas rei.

1 Samuel 15:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft
Or divination {e}, in whatsoever way it was exercised; for there were various sorts of it among the Heathens, and all condemned by the law of God, ( Deuteronomy 18:10 ) . Now rebellion against God, or disobeying his commands, though in things otherwise, were they not forbidden by him, lawful to be done, is as heinous a sin as to be guilty of witchcraft, or any kind of divination forbidden by the law of God, and deserves as sore a punishment:

and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry:
for a man, when he has committed a sin, to persist in it obstinately, or to vindicate himself in it, and insist on his innocence, which was Saul's case, is as hateful to God as any iniquity whatever; yea, as bad as idolatry, or making use of the teraphim, as is the word here; of which see ( Hosea 3:4 ) than which nothing is more abominable to the Lord:

because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord;
disregarded his command, treated it with contempt and abhorrence:

he hath rejected thee from being king;
not actually, for he continued to exercise kingly power and authority to his death, and was treated as a king by his subjects, and even by David, though anointed by the Lord; but the sentence of rejection was pronounced upon him, and the bestowal of the government on his posterity was cut off.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (Moq tajx) "peccatum divinationis", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "ariolandi", V. L. "magiae", Munster, Tigurine version.

1 Samuel 15:23 In-Context

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

23 Porque a rebelião é como o pecado de adivinhação, e a obstinação é como a iniqüidade de idolatria. Porquanto rejeitaste a palavra do Senhor, ele também te rejeitou, a ti, para que não sejas rei.

24 Então disse Saul a Samuel: Pequei, porquanto transgredi a ordem do Senhor e as tuas palavras; porque temi ao povo, e dei ouvidos a sua voz.

25 Agora, pois, perdoa o meu pecado, e volta comigo, para que eu adore ao Senhor.