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1 Samuel 15:19

1 Samuel 15:19
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord,.... Who had made him king, and sent him on this errand, and gave him such plain directions, and such strong orders to make an entire…

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…