1 Samuel 15:13

13 Quando Samuel o encontrou, Saul disse: “O SENHOR te abençoe! Eu segui as instruções do SENHOR”.

1 Samuel 15:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 15:13

And Samuel came to Saul
At Gilgal:

and Saul said unto him, blessed be thou of the Lord;
signifying that he had abundant reason to bless the Lord on his account, not only that he had anointed him king, but had sent him on such an errand, in which he had succeeded so well, and it was a pleasure to him that he might report it to him:

I have performed the commandment of the Lord;
either he was really ignorant that he had done amiss; and thought that his sparing Agag, when he had destroyed all the rest, and reserving some of the best of the cattle for sacrifice, could not be interpreted a breach of the orders given him; or if he was conscious he had broken the commandment of the Lord, this he said to prevent Samuel's reproof of him, and to sooth him with flattering words.

1 Samuel 15:13 In-Context

11 “Arrependo-me de ter posto Saul como rei, pois ele me abandonou e não seguiu as minhas instruções”. Samuel ficou irado e clamou ao SENHOR toda aquela noite.
12 De madrugada Samuel foi ao encontro de Saul, mas lhe disseram: “Saul foi para o Carmelo, onde ergueu um monumento em sua própria honra e depois foi para Gilgal”.
13 Quando Samuel o encontrou, Saul disse: “O SENHOR te abençoe! Eu segui as instruções do SENHOR”.
14 Samuel, porém, perguntou: “Então que balido de ovelhas é esse que ouço com meus próprios ouvidos? Que mugido de bois é esse que estou ouvindo?”
15 Respondeu Saul: “Os soldados os trouxeram dos amalequitas; eles pouparam o melhor das ovelhas e dos bois para sacrificarem ao SENHOR, o teu Deus, mas destruímos totalmente o restante”.
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