1 Samuel 15:20 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 15:20

18 Now the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are¹ consumed.’

19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the¹ spoil, and do evil in the sight of the Lord?”

20 And Saul said to Samuel, ^a“But I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

21 ^aBut the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

22 So Samuel said:
^a“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, ^bto obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.

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Definitions of words in 1 Samuel 15:20:

A {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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

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

Have {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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

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

Sent {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Voice {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing 1 Samuel 15:20:

Agag {Easton's}
Punishments {I.S.B.E.}

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