Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the (n) bitterness of death is past.
(n) He expected nothing less than death, or as some write, he passed not for death.
Verse 1 Samuel 15:32. _AGAG CAME UNTO HIM DELICATELY._] The Septuagint have τρεμων, _trembling_; the original, מעדנת _maadannoth, delicacies;_ probably איש _ish_, man, understood; _a man of delights,...
DELICATELY - This phrase is very obscure. The meaning of the word so rendered is “dainties, delights” Genesis 49:20; Proverbs 29:17; Lamentations 4:5, which hardly gives a tolerable sense her
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...
DELICATELY. in fetters (Job 38:31). Septuagint has "trembling"; Vulgate has "sleek and trembling"....
The execution of Agag. Samuel's departure 32. _delicately_ Rather, CHEERFULLY: not fearing any harm from the aged prophet, as the king had spared his life. But the meaning of the word is very doubtfu...
AND AGAG CAME UNTO HIM DELICATELY, &C.— Houbigant renders this, _Agag came to him from his bonds, and said, How bitter is death!_ for his justification of which version we refer to his note. It is unc...
_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...
_THEN SAID SAMUEL, BRING YE HITHER TO ME AGAG THE KING OF THE AMALEKITES. AND AGAG CAME UNTO HIM DELICATELY. AND AGAG SAID, SURELY THE BITTERNESS OF DEATH IS PAST._ Agag came ... delicately - pliantl...
15:32 gaily. (f-19) Some translate 'in fetters;' as Job 38:31 , 'the bands.'...
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...
DELICATELY] RM 'cheerfully.' SURELY THE BITTERNESS, etc.] Since Saul had spared his life, Agag thought he was secure....
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...
BRING YE HITHER TO ME AGAG THE KING OF THE AMALEKITES. — But in the public service of thanksgiving there was one stern act of judgment still to be done. The King of the Amalekites had been sentenced t...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הַגִּ֤ישׁוּ אֵלַי֙ אֶת...
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...
Trembling. Hebrew, "and Agag came to him delicately." Septuagint, "trembling," (Haydock) or walking with a soft step, or "with bands or chains;" mahadannoth. See Pagnin. (Menochius) --- Some think tha...
(32) В¶ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. (33) And Samuel said, As thy...
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...
THEN SAID SAMUEL, BRING YOU HITHER TO ME AGAG THE KING OF THE AMALEKITES,.... This he said very probably to some of Saul's officers, and in his presence, and before all the people met together for sac...
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. Ver. 32. _And Agag came unto him del...
_Agag came unto him delicately_ Hebrew, מעדנת, _magnadannoth, in delights_, or _ornaments;_ that is, he came not like an offender, expecting the sentence of death, but in the garb, and gesture, and ma...
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...
Saul's Humiliation...
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag, the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately, in a cheerful mood. AND AGAG SAID, SURELY THE BITTERNESS OF DEATH IS PAST, which may have b...
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...
32-35 Many think the bitterness of death is past when it is not gone by; they put that evil day far from them, which is very near. Samuel calls Agag to account for his own sins. He followed the examp...
DELICATELY, or _in delights_, or _in his ornaments_, i.e. he came not like an offender, expecting the sentence of death, but in that garb and gesture which became his quality. AND AGAG SAID, or, _for...
1 Samuel 15:32 Samuel H8050 said H559 (H8799) Bring H5066 (H8685) Agag H90 king H4428 Amalekites H6002 Agag...
SAMUEL COMPLETES WHAT SAUL HAD FAILED TO COMPLETE (1 SAMUEL 15:32). Samuel recognised that what had been devoted to YHWH must be given to him, and so he calls for Agag to be brought and executes him....
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...
_Surely, the bitterness of death is passed._ DEATH AN ADVANTAGE So cried Agag, and the only objection I have go this text is that a bad man uttered it. Nevertheless, it is true, and in a higher sense...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:1 The Lord finally rejects Saul as king. ⇐ ⇔...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:32 BRING HERE TO ME AGAG. Samuel himself takes on the task that Saul failed to finish. HACKED... TO PIECES was not the normal means of putting to death. Usually slaying...
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...
1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 48:44; Revelation 18:7...