1 Samuel 15:1-34, Leviticus 1:1-5:26

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 15:10

SAMUEL CONFRONTS SAUL AND HIS EXCUSES"The word of the Lord came to Samuel; "I repent that I have made Saul king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments." And Samuel was angry; and he cried to the Lord all night. Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, "Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal." And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 15:17

SAUL STUBBORNLY MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE"And Samuel Said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, `Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.' Why then, did you not obey the voice of the Lord? And Saul said to Samuel, "I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, I... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 15:24

SAUL CHANGES HIS TUNE; BUT IN VAIN"And Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandments of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. Now therefore I pray, pardon my sin, and return with me that I may worship the Lord." And Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel." As Samuel turned to go away, Saul laid hold on the skirt... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 15:32

SAMUEL EXECUTES GOD'S SENTENCE UPON AGAG"Then Samuel said, "Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites." And Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past." And Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal."The chronology here, like that in most of Samuel, is very uncertain; but it appears that this episode occurred immediately after Samuel... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 15:34

SAMUEL DOES NOT VISIT SAUL ANYMORE"Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; but Samuel grieved over Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.""And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death" (1 Samuel 15:35). As this is translated, it contradicts the statement in 1 Samuel 19:24 that, "Saul stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in Ramah."However,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 15:2

1 Samuel 15:2. I remember— Literally, I visit, or have my eyes upon; God hereby signifying, that he observed with attentive eyes what Israel had suffered by means of the Amalekites. Houb. See Exodus 17:14. Deu 25:19 and the Reflections at the end of the 20th chapter of Deuteronomy. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 15:12

1 Samuel 15:12. Behold, he set him up a place— Where he erected a monument or trophy of victory to himself. That the word יד, iad, signifies a monument, we learn from 2Sa 18:18 where Absalom is said to have erected a pillar, and to have called it אבשׁלום יד iad Abshalom, the monument of Absalom: by which is signified either the space or area where the monument was erected, or the thing itself which was erected; as מצב matzab, a pillar; which name, in the above-quoted place, is synonimous with... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 15:14

1 Samuel 15:14. What meaneth then this bleating, &c.— There can be no excuse for swerving from the precise rule which God has prescribed to us: to obey, is better than sacrifice; and to hearken, than the fat of rams: 1Sa 15:22 nor must we compound a religion out of the good purposes and intentions of piety and devotion for our convenience, whilst, for the present, we decline a fundamental point of our religion, obedience to what he has enjoined. It will be no answer to God, that we have... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 15:22-26

1 Samuel 15:22-26. And Samuel said, Hath the Lord, &c.— The excision of the Amalekites, and the rejection of Saul for omitting to fulfil the commission given to him, have been objected to by free-thinkers. I. With respect to the first, there was God's express order for it: and what can we desire more than an order from heaven? As to God's dealings with nations in the way of vindictive justice, we are not competent judges of every case, because we have not the whole of the matter laid before... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 15:29

1 Samuel 15:29. And also the Strength of Israel— According to the original, and the Margin of our Bibles, it is, he who gives victory, and disposes of kingdoms, or, the triumphant king of Israel. Houbigant renders it, he who is the leader of, or who presides over, Israel. read more

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