Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 15:23

23 Beìnì de zuì yǔ xíng xiéshù de zuì xiāng dĕng . wán gĕng de zuì yǔ baì xū shén hé ǒuxiàng de zuì xiāngtóng . nǐ jì yànqì Yēhéhuá de mìnglìng , Yēhéhuá yĕ yànqì nǐ zuò wáng .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 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.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 15:23 In-Context

21 Bǎixìng què zaì suǒ dāng miè de wù zhōng qǔ le zuì hǎo de niú yáng , yào zaì Jíjiǎ xiàn yǔ Yēhéhuá nǐde shén .

22 Sǎmǔĕr shuō , Yēhéhuá xǐyuè Fánjì hépíng ān jì , qǐ rú xǐyuè rén tīng cóng tāde huà ne . tīng méng shēng yú xiànjì . shùncóng shēng yú gōng yáng de zhīyóu .

23 Beìnì de zuì yǔ xíng xiéshù de zuì xiāng dĕng . wán gĕng de zuì yǔ baì xū shén hé ǒuxiàng de zuì xiāngtóng . nǐ jì yànqì Yēhéhuá de mìnglìng , Yēhéhuá yĕ yànqì nǐ zuò wáng .

24 Sǎoluó duì Sǎmǔĕr shuō , wǒ yǒu zuì le , wǒ yīn jùpà bǎixìng , tīng cóng tāmende huà , jiù wéibeì le Yēhéhuá de mìnglìng hé nǐde yányǔ .

25 Xiànzaì qiú nǐ shèmiǎn wǒde zuì , tóng wǒ huí qù , wǒ hǎo jìngbaì Yēhéhuá .