1 Samuel 13:14

14 Mas agora o seu reinado não permanecerá; o SENHOR procurou um homem segundo o seu coração e o designou líder de seu povo, pois você não obedeceu ao mandamento do SENHOR”.

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 pensei: Agora, os filisteus me atacarão em Gilgal, e eu não busquei o SENHOR. Por isso senti-me obrigado a oferecer o holocausto”.

13 Disse Samuel: “Você agiu como tolo, desobedecendo ao mandamento que o SENHOR, o seu Deus, deu a você; se tivesse obedecido, ele teria estabelecido para sempre o seu reinado sobre Israel.

14 Mas agora o seu reinado não permanecerá; o SENHOR procurou um homem segundo o seu coração e o designou líder de seu povo, pois você não obedeceu ao mandamento do SENHOR”.

15 Então Samuel partiu de Gilgal e foi a Gibeá de Benjamim, e Saul contou os soldados que estavam com ele. Eram cerca de seiscentos.

16 Saul e seu filho Jônatas, acompanhados de seus soldados, ficaram em Gibeá de Benjamim, enquanto os filisteus estavam acampados em Micmás.