1 Samuel 15:3 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 15:3

Saul Spares King Agag

1 Samuel also said to Saul, ^a“The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord.

2 Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, ^ahow he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt.

3 Now go and ^aattack Amalek, and ^butterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”

4 So Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah.

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.

6 Then Saul said to ^athe Kenites, ^b“Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For ^cyou showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

7 ^aAnd Saul attacked the Amalekites, from ^bHavilah all the way to ^cShur, which is east of Egypt.

8 ^aHe also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and ^butterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

9 But Saul and the people ^aspared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

Saul Rejected as King

10 Now the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,

11 ^a“I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has ^bturned back from following Me, ^cand has not performed My commandments.” And it ^dgrieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night.

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Definitions of words in 1 Samuel 15:3:

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Amalek {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Amalek {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Amalek {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Camel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Camel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Go {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Have {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Man {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Man {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sheep {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sheep {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Woman {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Woman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Child {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Ox {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing 1 Samuel 15:3:

Amalek; Amalekite {I.S.B.E.}

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