Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft , and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry - This is no translation of those difficult words, ki chattath kesem meri veaven utheraphim haphtsar . It appears to me that the three nouns which occur first in the text refer each to the three last in order. Thus, chattath , Transgression, refers to aven , Iniquity, which is the principle whence transgression springs. kesem , Divination, refers to teraphim , consecrated images or telesms, vulgarly talismans, used in incantations. And meri , Rebellion, refers evidently to haphstar , Stubbornness, whence rebellion springs. The meaning therefore of this difficult place may be the following: As transgression comes from iniquity, divination from teraphim, and rebellion from stubbornness, so, because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. All the versions are different.
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