Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 13:14

14 Xiànzaì nǐde wáng wèi bì bù chángjiǔ . Yēhéhuá yǐjing xún zhe yī gè hé tā xīnyì de rén , lì tā zuò bǎixìng de jūn , yīnwei nǐ méiyǒu zūnshǒu Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu nǐde .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 13:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 13:14

But now thy kingdom shall not continue
That is, in his family, nor in his tribe, but be removed to another:

the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart:
who was David; though as yet Samuel knew him not, he knew by divine revelation that there was another one chosen, to whom the kingdom would be given; a man every way agreeable to the will of God, and who would fulfil his will, though he knew not particularly who he was:

and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people;
that is, had appointed him to be king over Israel. God's decrees have the force of a law in them, and must be fulfilled; and cannot be resisted so as to be frustrated:

because thou hast not kept that which the Lord hath commanded thee;
it matters not whether the thing commanded is greater or less, it is disobedience to the command that is the sin, and is resented: this might seem a small thing, since to offer the sacrifice was not criminal; but doing it before the time, a little before it should have been done, not waiting long enough for the prophet; yet it being against the command of God, or in neglect of it, it was sinful, and severely chastised; and the rather, that it might be an example to all succeeding kings how they offended, or broke the least of God's commandments; and this being the first king of Israel, he was made an example of to the rest.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 13:14 In-Context

12 Suǒyǐ wǒ xīnli shuō , kǒngpà wǒ méiyǒu dǎogào Yēhéhuá . Fēilìshì rén xià dào Jíjiǎ gōngjī wǒ , wǒ jiù miǎnqiǎng xiànshang Fánjì .

13 Sǎmǔĕr duì Sǎoluó shuō , nǐ zuò le hú tú shì le , méiyǒu zūnshǒu Yēhéhuá nǐ shén suǒ fēnfu nǐde mìnglìng . ruò zūnshǒu , Yēhéhuá bì zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng jiān lì nǐde wáng wèi , zhídào yǒngyuǎn .

14 Xiànzaì nǐde wáng wèi bì bù chángjiǔ . Yēhéhuá yǐjing xún zhe yī gè hé tā xīnyì de rén , lì tā zuò bǎixìng de jūn , yīnwei nǐ méiyǒu zūnshǒu Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu nǐde .

15 Sǎmǔĕr jiù qǐlai , cóng Jíjiǎ shàng dào Biànyǎmǐn de jī bǐ yà . Sǎoluó shǔ diǎn gēnsuí tāde , yuē yǒu liù bǎi rén .

16 Sǎoluó hé tā érzi Yuēnádān , bìng gēnsuí tāmende rén , dōu zhù zaì Biànyǎmǐn de Jiābā . dàn Fēilìshì rén ān yíng zaì mì mò .