1 Samuel 15:16

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ Then came the word of the LORD to Shemu'el, saying, ¹⁰ Then Samuel received this message from the Lord : ¹⁰ The word of the Lord came to Samuel: ¹⁰Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ Then came the word of Jehovah unto Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ Then the Lord said to Samuel, ¹⁰ The Lord told Samuel, ¹⁰ Then the word of Adonai came to Sh'mu'el: ¹⁰ Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying:

Bible Verse Review
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Stay: 1 Samuel 9:27, 1 Samuel 12:7, 1 Kings 22:16

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 12:16 - stand 1 Samuel 15:1 - hearken 1 Kings 14:6 - for I am 1 Kings 14:7 - Forasmuch Isaiah 39:5 - Hear Jeremiah 22:1 - Go Jeremiah 34:6 - General Amos 7:16 - hear Micah 6:1 - ye

Cross-References

Genesis 15:5
Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him outside, and said to him, Look now toward heaven and number the stars, if you are able to number them; and he said to him, So shall your descendants be.

Genesis 15:5
The LORD brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Avram, "So shall your seed be."

Genesis 15:5
Then God led Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky. See the many stars. There are so many you cannot count them. Your family will be like that."

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Genesis 15:5
And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

Genesis 15:5
Then the Lord took Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky and see if you can count the stars. That's how many descendants you will have."

Genesis 15:5
Then he brought him outside and said, "Look up at the sky, and count the stars — if you can count them! Your descendants will be that many!"

Genesis 15:5
And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Samuel said unto Saul, stay,.... Stop a little, do not be in haste to be gone, as he might seem to be, fearing a reproof, and that something would be said to him not very agreeable; or "suffer" c me, that is, to speak, give me leave to say a few words; for Saul being a king, Samuel treats him as such, and asks audience of him, or leave of him to deliver what he had to say to him:

and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night; and since it was not anything from himself, but from the Lord, he had to say, he might expect the rather to be heard, and especially since it was what had lately, even that very night, been told him:

and he said unto him, say on; he gave him leave, perhaps hoping he should hear something said in his praise, commending him for what he had done in destroying the nation of Amalek, see Luke 7:40. There is a double reading of this clause, the Cetib or textural reading is, "and they said unto him"; meaning Saul, and the elders with him; the Keri, or marginal reading is, which we follow, "and he said unto him"; meaning Saul, as Kimchi notes.

c הרף "permitte", Pagninus, Montanus; "sine me", V. L. so Abarbinel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Samuel now acquiesces in the wisdom and justice of the sentence which 1 Samuel 15:11 he had so strenuously resisted at first. What before was known only to the Searcher of hearts, had now been displayed to Samuel by Saul himself.