1 Samuel 13:14

14 pero ahora te digo que tu reino no permanecerá. El SEÑOR ya está buscando un hombre más de su agrado y lo ha designado gobernante de su pueblo, pues tú no has cumplido su mandato.

1 Samuel 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.

1 Samuel 13:14 In-Context

12 pensé: “Los filisteos ya están por atacarme en Guilgal, y ni siquiera he implorado la ayuda del SEÑOR”. Por eso me atreví a ofrecer el holocausto.

13 —¡Te has portado como un necio! —le replicó Samuel—. No has cumplido el mandato que te dio el SEÑOR tu Dios. El SEÑOR habría establecido tu reino sobre Israel para siempre,

14 pero ahora te digo que tu reino no permanecerá. El SEÑOR ya está buscando un hombre más de su agrado y lo ha designado gobernante de su pueblo, pues tú no has cumplido su mandato.

15 Dicho esto, Samuel se fue de Guilgal hacia Guibeá de Benjamín.Saúl pasó revista de los soldados que estaban con él, y eran unos seiscientos hombres.

16 Él y su hijo Jonatán, junto con sus soldados, se quedaron en Gueba de Benjamín, mientras que los filisteos seguían acampados en Micmás.