1 Samuel 15:21

21 Y del botín, los soldados tomaron ovejas y vacas con el propósito de ofrecerlas en Guilgal al SEÑOR tu Dios.

1 Samuel 15:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 15:21

But the people took the spoil, the sheep and oxen
Still he continues to lay the blame on the people, when he, as king, ought to have restrained them:

the chief of the things, which should have been utterly destroyed;
this betrays him, and is an evidence against him; he could not plead ignorance, he knew and he owns, that according to the command of God they were all devoted to destruction; and therefore he ought not to have suffered the people to have spared any on whatsoever pretence, but to have seen all destroyed; but he was as deeply in it as they, and therefore palliates the thing, and endeavours to excuse them by observing, that their end was good, the service and glory of God, which perhaps were never thought of till now: namely,

to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal;
as peace offerings, by way of thanksgiving for the victory obtained, ( 1 Samuel 15:15 ) .

1 Samuel 15:21 In-Context

19 ¿Por qué, entonces, no obedeciste al SEÑOR? ¿Por qué echaste mano del botín e hiciste lo que ofende al SEÑOR?

20 —¡Yo sí he obedecido al SEÑOR! —insistió Saúl—. He cumplido la misión que él me encomendó. Traje prisionero a Agag, rey de Amalec, pero destruí a los amalecitas.

21 Y del botín, los soldados tomaron ovejas y vacas con el propósito de ofrecerlas en Guilgal al SEÑOR tu Dios.

22 Samuel respondió:«¿Qué le agrada más al SEÑOR:que se le ofrezcan holocaustos y sacrificios,o que se obedezca lo que él dice?El obedecer vale más que el sacrificio,y el prestar atención, más que la grasa de carneros.

23 La rebeldía es tan grave como la adivinación,y la arrogancia, como el pecado de la idolatría.Y como tú has rechazado la palabra del SEÑOR,él te ha rechazado como rey».