1 Samuel 15:20

Listen to 1 Samuel 15:20
20 Entonces Sa煤l dijo a Samuel: Yo obedec铆 la voz del SE脩OR, y fui en la misi贸n a la cual el SE脩OR me envi贸, y he tra铆do a Agag, rey de Amalec, y he destruido por completo a los amalecitas.

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.

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1 Samuel 15:20 In-Context

18 Y el SE脩OR te envi贸 en una misi贸n, y dijo: "Ve, y destruye por completo a los pecadores, los amalecitas, y lucha contra ellos hasta que sean exterminados."
19 驴Por qu茅, pues, no obedeciste la voz del SE脩OR, sino que te lanzaste sobre el bot铆n e hiciste lo malo ante los ojos del SE脩OR?
20 Entonces Sa煤l dijo a Samuel: Yo obedec铆 la voz del SE脩OR, y fui en la misi贸n a la cual el SE脩OR me envi贸, y he tra铆do a Agag, rey de Amalec, y he destruido por completo a los amalecitas.
21 Mas el pueblo tom贸 del bot铆n ovejas y bueyes, lo mejor de las cosas dedicadas al anatema, para ofrecer sacrificio al SE脩OR tu Dios en Gilgal.
22 Y Samuel dijo: 驴Se complace el SE脩OR tanto en holocaustos y sacrificios como en la obediencia a la voz del SE脩OR? He aqu铆, el obedecer es mejor que un sacrificio, y el prestar atenci贸n, que la grosura de los carneros.
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