1 Samuel 15:31

31 So Samuel went back with him, and Saul worshiped the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 15:31

So Samuel turned again after Saul
Though he before said he would not, ( 1 Samuel 15:26 ) yet he did, changing his mind, as he might without being chargeable with a lie; and he also might have an impulse from the Lord so to do, and which he did not in order to worship with Saul, which it does not appear he did, but rather the contrary; but that Saul might not be despised by the people, and his authority lessened, while he continued king; and that he might do what Saul had neglected to do, destroy Agag: and Saul worshipped the Lord; alone, by offering sacrifice to him.

1 Samuel 15:31 In-Context

29 Israel's majestic God does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being - he does not change his mind."

30 "I have sinned," Saul replied. "But at least show me respect in front of the leaders of my people and all of Israel. Go back with me so that I can worship the Lord your God."

31 So Samuel went back with him, and Saul worshiped the Lord.

32 "Bring King Agag here to me," Samuel ordered. Agag came to him, trembling with fear, thinking to himself, "What a bitter thing it is to die!"

33 Samuel said, "As your sword has made many mothers childless, so now your mother will become childless." And he cut Agag to pieces in front of the altar in Gilgal.