1 Samuel 15:16

16 Da sprach Samuel zu Saul: Halt, daß ich dir kundtue, was Jehova diese Nacht zu mir geredet hat. Und er sprach zu ihm: Rede!

1 Samuel 15:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 15:16

Then Samuel said unto Saul, stay
Stop a little, do not be in haste to be gone, as he might seem to be, fearing a reproof, and that something would be said to him not very agreeable; or "suffer" ^F3 me, that is, to speak, give me leave to say a few words; for Saul being a king, Samuel treats him as such, and asks audience of him, or leave of him to deliver what he had to say to him:

and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night;
and since it was not anything from himself, but from the Lord, he had to say, he might expect the rather to be heard, and especially since it was what had lately, even that very night, been told him:

and he said unto him, say on;
he gave him leave, perhaps hoping he should hear something said in his praise, commending him for what he had done in destroying the nation of Amalek, see ( Luke 7:40 ) . There is a double reading of this clause, the Cetib or textural reading is, "and they said unto him"; meaning Saul, and the elders with him; the Keri, or marginal reading is, which we follow, "and he said unto him"; meaning Saul, as Kimchi notes.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Prh) "permitte", Pagninus, Montanus; "sine me", V. L. so Abarbinel.

1 Samuel 15:16 In-Context

14 Und Samuel sprach: Was ist denn das für ein Blöken von Kleinvieh in meinen Ohren, und ein Brüllen von Rindern, das ich höre?

15 Und Saul sprach: Sie haben sie von den Amalekitern gebracht, weil das Volk das Beste vom Klein-und Rindvieh verschont hat, um Jehova, deinem Gott, zu opfern; aber das Übrige haben wir verbannt.

16 Da sprach Samuel zu Saul: Halt, daß ich dir kundtue, was Jehova diese Nacht zu mir geredet hat. Und er sprach zu ihm: Rede!

17 Und Samuel sprach: Wurdest du nicht, als du klein in deinen Augen warst, das Haupt der Stämme Israels? Und Jehova salbte dich zum König über Israel.

18 Und Jehova hat dich auf den Weg gesandt und gesagt: Ziehe hin und verbanne die Sünder, die Amalekiter, und streite wider sie, bis du sie vernichtest.