1 Samuel 15:22

Contextual Overview

¹⁰Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel: ¹⁰ Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel: ¹⁰Then the word of Yahweh came to Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ Then came the word of the Lord vnto Samuel, saying: ¹⁰ Then Samuel received this message from the Lord : ¹⁰ And the Word of Jehovah was to Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ The word of the LORD came to Samuel: ¹⁰ Then came the word of Yahweh to Samuel, saying, ¹⁰ Then came the word of the Lord vnto Samuel, saying;

Bible Verse Review
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Hath the Lord: Psalms 50:8, Psalms 50:9, Psalms 51:16, Psalms 51:17, Proverbs 21:3, Isaiah 1:11-17, Jeremiah 7:22, Jeremiah 7:23, Hosea 6:6, Amos 5:21-24, Micah 6:6-8, Matthew 9:13, Matthew 12:7, Matthew 23:23, Hebrews 10:4-10

obey: Exodus 19:5, Ecclesiastes 5:1, Jeremiah 7:23, Jeremiah 11:4, Jeremiah 11:7, Jeremiah 26:13, Hosea 6:6, Matthew 5:24, Mark 12:33

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:16 - God Genesis 22:12 - Lay Exodus 39:32 - according Leviticus 8:36 - Aaron Numbers 1:54 - General Numbers 23:1 - seven altars Joshua 7:10 - wherefore 1 Samuel 13:9 - he offered 1 Samuel 13:13 - hast not kept 1 Kings 13:9 - For 1 Kings 13:21 - thou hast disobeyed 1 Kings 20:36 - General Psalms 40:6 - Sacrifice Psalms 106:34 - concerning Jeremiah 9:24 - for Hosea 6:5 - have I Hosea 8:13 - but Hosea 13:11 - General Micah 6:7 - pleased Micah 6:8 - to do Malachi 2:12 - and him Matthew 5:23 - thou Luke 11:42 - and pass 1 Corinthians 7:19 - but 1 Timothy 4:8 - bodily Titus 1:16 - and disobedient

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samuel said,.... In reply to Saul:

hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? no, certainly, the one being merely ceremonial, the other moral; the one supposes sin committed, for which sacrifice is offered; the other moral, and is a compliance with the will of God, and is neither sinful, nor supposes anything sinful, and therefore must be the more acceptable:

behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams; which always was claimed by the Lord as his right and due; or the fattest rams or best sacrifices, of whatever sort, whether burnt offerings, or sin offerings, or peace offerings; for had man obeyed the will of God, and not sinned, there would have been no need of sacrifice; and that was only acceptable to God when offered with a heart truly sensible of sin, and penitent for it, and in the faith of the great sacrifice of Christ, of which all sacrifices under the law were typical, and led unto.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hath the Lord ... - A grand example of the moral and spiritual teaching of the prophets (see the marginal references). The tension of Samuel’s spirit, as he is about to pronounce the sentence of rejection, produces a lyrical turn of thought and language.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 15:22. Hath the Lord as great delight, &c. — This was a very proper answer to, and refutation of Saul's excuse. Is not obedience to the will of God the end of all religion, of its rites, ceremonies, and sacrifices?