Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle—the moil, upper tunic, official robe. In an agony of mental excitement, he took hold of the prophet's dress to detain him; the rending of the mantle [I Samuel 15:27] was adroitly pointed to as a significant and mystical representation of his severance from the throne.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Samuel 15:27:
1 Samuel 15:27-28
2 Corinthians 7:10
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