1 Samuel 15:21

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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the people: 1 Samuel 15:15, Genesis 3:13, Exodus 32:22, Exodus 32:23

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:9 - he offered 2 Chronicles 15:11 - offered Proverbs 21:27 - sacrifice Ecclesiastes 5:1 - give Isaiah 58:2 - they seek Isaiah 61:8 - I hate Matthew 25:44 - when Matthew 26:9 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
"As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good olde age.

Genesis 15:15
"You yourself will live to be very old. You will die in peace and will be buried with your family.

Genesis 15:15
As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
Forsothe thou schalt go to thi fadris in pees, and schalt be biried in good age.

Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt goe to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the people took the spoil, the sheep and oxen,.... Still he continues to lay the blame on the people, when he, as king, ought to have restrained them:

the chief of the things, which should have been utterly destroyed; this betrays him, and is an evidence against him; he could not plead ignorance, he knew and he owns, that according to the command of God they were all devoted to destruction; and therefore he ought not to have suffered the people to have spared any on whatsoever pretence, but to have seen all destroyed; but he was as deeply in it as they, and therefore palliates the thing, and endeavours to excuse them by observing, that their end was good, the service and glory of God, which perhaps were never thought of till now: namely,

to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal; as peace offerings, by way of thanksgiving for the victory obtained, 1 Samuel 15:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord thy God - There is an implied censure of Samuel in this phrase. Saul says that Samuel blames him for what was done in honor of Samuel’s God; as if be had more zeal for the glory of God than was felt by Samuel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 15:21. To sacrifice unto the Lord — Thus he endeavours to excuse the people. They did not take the spoil in order to enrich themselves by it, but to sacrifice unto the Lord; and did not this motive justify their conduct?