Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 15:29
The strength of Israel - A phrase which occurs only here. The word means, perpetuity, truth, glory, victory, and trust, or confidence.
The strength of Israel - A phrase which occurs only here. The word means, perpetuity, truth, glory, victory, and trust, or confidence.
Verse 1 Samuel 15:29. _THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL WILL NOT LIE _] What God has purposed he will bring to pass, for he has all power in the heavens and in the earth; and he will not _repent _- change his p...
8. WAR WITH AMALEK: SAUL'S DISOBEDIENCE AND REJECTION CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The commission to destroy Amalek (1 Samuel 15:1)_ 2. Saul's disobedience and rejection (1 Samuel 15:10) 3. Saul's confession ...
XV. THE WAR AGAINST AMALEK; SAUL'S DISOBEDIENCE AND DEPOSITION (E). - A section of a secondary narrative; according to the scheme adopted here, the last section of this document was 1 Samuel 3:3 to 1...
THE STRENGTH. the Eternal One. First occurrence. Hebrew. _nezah._. Divine title. REPENT: i.e. as God, though He is said to do so by the Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. A MAN. Hebrew. _'ad...
The rejection of Saul 24. _I have sinned_ Though a formal confession of his sin is extorted from Saul, he does not humble himself before God in genuine penitence. He still tries to shift the blame on...
_the Strength of Israel_ This word, which occurs here only as a title of God, combines the ideas of _stability, permanence, constancy_: the Strength or Confidence of Israel does not change as men do....
AND ALSO THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL— According to the original, and the Margin of our Bibles, it is, _he who gives victory,_ and disposes of kingdoms, or, _the triumphant king of Israel._ Houbigant render...
_Samuel and Saul Parted Permanently._ 1 Samuel 15:24-35 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, an...
_AND ALSO THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL WILL NOT LIE NOR REPENT: FOR HE IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT._ The Strength of Israel will not lie, х_ NEETSACH_ (H5331) _ YISRAA'EEL_ (H3478)] - the Glory of...
SAUL'S VICTORY OVER AMALEK. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND REJECTION Amalek had attacked Israel at Rephidim (Exodus 17:8) and opposed their entrance into Canaan (Numbers 14:45 : cp. Deuteronomy 25:7; They are m...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 15 GOD REFUSES SAUL AS KING V1 Samuel said to Saul, ‘The *Lord sent me to *anoint you as king over his people, the *Israelites. Now listen to...
THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL WILL NOT LIE. — This title of the Eternal, here rendered “the Strength of Israel,” would be better rendered _the Changeless One of Israel._ The Hebrew word is first found in thi...
וְ גַם֙ נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר וְ
CHAPTER XXI. _ THE FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL_ 1 Samuel 15:1. HERE we find the second portion of God's indictment against Saul, and the reason for his final rejection from the office to which he had be...
SHALLOW REPENTANCE UNAVAILING 1 Samuel 15:17 Samuel was deeply moved when he heard of Saul's failure, “and he cried unto the Lord all night.” Thus he was prepared to accost the sinful king. Mr. Finne...
Saul was commissioned by Jehovah through Samuel to smite Amalek, and it was in connection with this that the sin occurred which filled his cup to the brim and caused him to be rejected. His campaign...
And also the (m) Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent. (m) Meaning God, who maintains and prefers his own....
_Triumpher. Some suppose that he speaks ironically of Saul. A prince, like you, will not repent. (Calmet) --- But it more probably refers to God, who would not fail to execute his threats against the...
(26) And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. (27) And as Samuel turned about t...
We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
Nevertheless Saul is put to a final proof. Jehovah, by the mouth of Samuel, sends him to smite Amalek, and utterly destroy them and all that belonged to them. They were the cruel and determined enemie...
AND ALSO THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL WILL NOT LIE NOR REPENT,.... Neither of the evil which he had threatened to Saul in taking away the kingdom from him; nor of the good which he had promised to David in...
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent. Ver. 29. And also the Strength (or Eternity) of Israel will not lie nor repent.] This was most f...
_The Lord hath rent the kingdom from thee_ Hath declared his firm resolution of laying aside thy family, and will soon actually take away thy life and thy kingly power. _Also the Strength of Israel_ W...
1 Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amalek. 6 Saul fauoureth the Kenites. 8 Hee spareth Agag and the best of the spoile. 10 Samuel denounceth vnto Saul commending and excusing himselfe, Gods reiection...
And also the Strength of Israel, the Lord, who is the Refuge, the Confidence of Israel, WILL NOT LIE NOR REPENT, He would not change this judicial sentence with the penalty of rejection; FOR HE IS NOT...
Saul's Humiliation...
God had a more solemn controversy with the Amalekites than with the Philistines. The mere formal worship typified by the Philistines is empty; but Amalekite "lusts of the flesh" are a deadly enemy tha...
STRENGTH: Or, eternity, or, victory...
24-31 There were several signs of hypocrisy in Saul's repentance. 1. He besought Samuel only, and seemed most anxious to stand right in his opinion, and to gain his favour. 2. He excuses his fault, e...
He calls God THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL; partly, to show the reason why God neither will nor can lie; because lying is a weakness, and proceeds from the sense of a man's weakness, because he cannot many t...
1 Samuel 15:29 Strength H5331 Israel H3478 lie H8266 (H8762) relent H5162 (H8735) man H120 relent H5162 ...
SAMUEL SEEKS SAUL OUT IN ORDER TO GIVE HIM A STERN REBUKE AND DECLARE THAT YHWH HAS WITHDRAWN FROM HIM HIS SUPPORT (1 SAMUEL 15:12). We do not know for sure where Samuel was at this time although the...
1 Samuel 15 _(with 1 Timothy 1:19)_ The story of Saul is among the saddest which Scripture anywhere contains. I. Notice first the singular elements of nobleness which are to be traced in his natural...
CONTENTS: Saul's incomplete obedience and his rejection as king. CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Saul, Agag. CONCLUSION: Some judge many things in their lives, but spare one Agag which the Lord has condemn...
1 Samuel 15:2. _I remember what Amalek did; Numbers 17:8_; and what he has often repeated, in the effusion of innocent blood. He joined Midian, and the children of the east, in a bloody and unprovoked...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:1 The Lord finally rejects Saul as king. ⇐ ⇔...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:29 Verses 1 Samuel 15:11 and 1 Samuel 15:35 say that God regretted making Saul king
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 15:25. “PARDON MY SIN.” “He offers this prayer to _Samuel_, not to _God_.” “TURN AGAIN WITH ME.” “According to 1 Samuel 15:30, to show him honour before the eld...
FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL (1 Samuel 15:1.) EXPOSITION DIVINE COMMAND TO PUNISH THE AMALEKITES, AND ITS EXECUTION BY SAUL ...
Now as we get into chapter fifteen, Samuel came to Saul, and said, The Lord sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now hearken unto the voice of the words of the Lord (1 Samue...
2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Timothy 2:13; Deuteronomy 33:27; Ezekiel 24:14;...
Strength of Israel — So he calls God here, to shew the reason why God neither will nor can lie; because lying proceeds from the sense of a man's weakness, who cannot many times accomplish his design w...