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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 ...
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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...
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OBEYED. hearkened....
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_Yea, I have obeyed_ Saul still persists in justifying his conduct.
(_a_) He had fulfilled his mission and destroyed the Amalekites, and
brought Agag with him in proof thereof. (_b_) The people had br...
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Saul's disobedience and its penalty
11. _It repenteth me_ "God's repentance is the change of His
dispensation." In the language of the O. T. God is said to repent when
a change in the character and co...
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_Samuel Delivers the Lord's Message of Condemnation. 1 Samuel
15:10-23_
10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying.
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul _to be_ king: for he is
turne...
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_AND THE LORD SENT THEE ON A JOURNEY, AND SAID, GO AND UTTERLY DESTROY
THE SINNERS THE AMALEKITES, AND FIGHT AGAINST THEM UNTIL THEY BE
CONSUMED._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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...
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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...
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YEA, I HAVE OBEYED... — These and the words which follow are simply
a repetition of the king’s former excuse for his act: but they show
us what was the state of Saul’s mind: he evidently disbelieved i...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל ־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל
אֲשֶׁ֤ר...
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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...
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CHAPTER XXIII.
_ DAVID'S EARLY LIFE*_
(* A few paragraphs on the Life of David are reproduced from the
author's book “David, King of Israel.")
1 Samuel 15:14.
BEFORE we enter at large into the inc...
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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...
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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...
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And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, (h) I have obeyed the voice of the
LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought
Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekit...
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_Lord. Septuagint, "of the people."_...
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(13) And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou
of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. (14) And
Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in m...
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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...
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_TRUTH IN THE INWARD PARTS_
‘And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the
Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me,’ etc.
1 Samuel 15:20
It will appear somewhat startlin...
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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...
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AND SAUL SAID TO SAMUEL, YEA, I HAVE OBEYED THE VOICE OF THE LORD,....
Here Saul breaks in upon Samuel before he had declared all that the
Lord had said unto him; for having expostulated with him for...
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And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD,
and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag
the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites....
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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...
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And Saul said unto Samuel, still persisting in his denial of any blame
on his part, YEA, I HAVE OBEYED THE VOICE OF THE LORD, AND HAVE GONE
THE WAY WHICH THE LORD SENT ME, AND HAVE BROUGHT AGAG, THE K...
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Samuel's Reproof...
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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...
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10-23 Repentance in God is not a change of mind, as it is in us, but
a change of method. The change was in Saul; "He is turned back from
following me." Hereby he made God his enemy. Samuel spent a wh...
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He addeth obstinacy and impenitency to his crime, and justifies his
fact, though he hath nothing of any moment to say but what he said
before. So he gives Samuel the lie, and reflects upon him as one...
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1 Samuel 15:20 Saul H7586 said H559 (H8799) Samuel H8050 obeyed H8085
(H8804) voice H6963 LORD H3068 gone...
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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...
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1 Samuel 15:20
It will appear somewhat startling to any one who first notices it how
very little is said in the Bible about truthfulness. The reason is
that truthfulness is not a strictly religious du...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which
the Lord sent me._
SAUL’S OBEDIENCE
We invite your attention to some features of Saul’s character, as
drawn out by the way in w...
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_It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king._
SAUL REJECTED
The story is graphic and pathetic. This is Saul’s victory and also
his defeat. Our defeats are often wrapped up in our victories. S...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:1 The Lord finally rejects Saul as
king.
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:20 I HAVE OBEYED... BUT THE PEOPLE. See
note on v. 15.
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 15:4. “TELAIM.” Most likely the same as _Telem_ (Joshua
15:21; Joshua 15:24), a city lying on the eastern border of Judah, and
therefore near the territory of t...
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FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL (1 Samuel 15:1.)
EXPOSITION
DIVINE COMMAND TO PUNISH THE AMALEKITES, AND ITS EXECUTION BY SAUL ...
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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...
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1 Samuel 15:13; 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 15:8; Job 33:9; Job 34:5;...
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TO OBEY IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE
1 Samuel 15:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Disobedience is black with the frown of God. Sin is the transgression
of the Law. Disobedience is taking one's own way, as against...
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The king — To be dealt with as God pleaseth....