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1 Samuel 15:14

1 Samuel 15:14
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Samuel said, what meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears,.... For the orders were to destroy all living creatures belonging to the Amalekites, Sa1 15:3 if therefore Saul had…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Samuel 15:10-23

Saul is here called to account by Samuel concerning the execution of his commission against the Amalekites; and remarkable instances we are here furnished with of the strictness of the justice of God…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

1 Samuel 15:11-23

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…