Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore said I..... That is, within himself:
the Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal; on a sudden, unprepared for them, especially in a religious way:
and I have not made…
Adam Clarke
I forced myself - It was with great reluctance that I did what I did. In all this Saul was sincere, but he was rash, and regardless of the precept of the Lord, which precept or command he most…
Here is, I. Saul's offence in offering sacrifice before Samuel came. Samuel, when he anointed him, had ordered him to tarry for him seven days in Gilgal, promising that, at the end of those days, he…
Saul's disobedience and its penalty
8. the set time that Samuel had appointed It seems clear that the historian intends to refer to Samuel's injunction in 1Sa 10:8, although in all probability the…
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