I Samuel
Chapter
15
1~~Samuel
also said to Saul,
"Jehovah/God
sent me to anoint you to be king
over
His people, over Israel.
Now
therefore you 'hear, listen, concentrate and obey' {shama`}
unto
the voice of the 'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God."
{Note: Samuel was the last judge and the last divinely anointed ruler of Israel until David. Saul was the 'people's choice' and Samuel is not going to get in the middle of the problem - he will allow God to handle the situation, so he is following God' command to anoint Saul king.}
2~~Thus
said Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts,
"I
remember that which Amalek did to Israel,
how
he laid wait for him in the way,
when
he came up from Egypt."
{Note: The Amalekites were Arab raiders. They robbed travelers on the road from Egypt. They threaten the Jews - their liberty, freedom and function as a free nation so in the perfect knowledge of God, He knows mankind will be better off if this people is entirely removed from history.}
3~~"Now
go and smite Amalek,
and
utterly destroy all that they have,
and
spare them not.
Kill
both man and woman,
infant
and suckling {even the babies on the breasts},
ox
and sheep,
camel
and ass
{they represent money and wealth and food and clothing}."
4~~And
Saul gathered the people together,
and
numbered/trained them in Telaim,
two
hundred thousand footmen/infantry
{these men are from the north},
and
ten thousand men of Judah.
5~~And
Saul came to a city of Amalek,
and
laid wait in the valley
{set up an ambush and the Amalekites could not escape}.
6~~And
Saul said unto the Kenites
{cousins to the Jews and always were kind to them (the chief
of the Kenites was once Moses' father-in-law)},
Go,
depart, get you down from among the Amalekites,
lest
I destroy you with them.
For
you showed kindness to all the children of Israel,
when
they came up out of Egypt.
Therefore
the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites
{separation means preservation -
Principal is always to separate from reversionism}.
7~~And
Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah
until
you come to Shur,
that
is 'over against'/'on the boarder of' Egypt.
{Note: Means Saul decisively defeated them and then pursued the survivors almost to Egypt.}
8~~And
he captured
Agag,
the king of the Amalekites alive,
and
utterly destroyed all the people
with
the edge of the sword.
{Saul's
Rejection of God's Command to Kill All}
9~~But
Saul and the people spared Agag,
and
the best of the sheep,
and
of the oxen,
and
of the fatlings,
and
the lambs,
and
all that was valuable,
and
would not utterly destroy them.
But
every thing that was vile and refuse,
that
they destroyed utterly.
10-11~~Then
came the 'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God unto Samuel, saying, 11~~
"I
have changed My mind
that
I have established Saul to be king.
For
he is turned back from following Me
{means he has rejected the Word of God and is in reversionism},
and
has not performed/executed My commandments."
And
Samuel was upset.
And
he cried unto Jehovah/God all night
{on behalf of Saul}.
12~~And
when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning,
it
was told Samuel, saying,
"Saul
came to Carmel, and, behold,
he
set him up a place,
and
is gone about, and passed on,
and
gone down to Gilgal."
{Note: This means that Saul was hiding all the illegal booty from Samuel's eyes.}
{The
Sugary Lies of a Reversionist}
13~~And
Samuel came to Saul
and
Saul said unto him,
"Blessed
be you of Jehovah/God.
I
have performed the commandment of Jehovah/God."
14~~And
Samuel said,
"I
hear the sound of the bleating of the sheep,
and
the lowing of the oxen, what is {the meaning of} this?"
{Blaming
others and More Lies}
15~~And
Saul said,
"They
have brought them from the Amalekites.
For
the people {Saul trying to shift blame}
spared
the best of the sheep and of the oxen,
to
sacrifice unto Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/God.
And
the rest we have utterly destroyed."
16~~Then
Samuel said unto Saul,
"Stay
{right where you are},
and
I will tell you what Jehovah/God
has
said to me this night."
And
he {Saul} said unto him {Samuel}, "Say on".
17~~And
Samuel said,
"When
you were little in your own sight
{means to be oriented to grace! You are nothing, God is everything
attitude of a mature believer},
were
you not made the head of the tribes of Israel,
and
Jehovah/God anointed you king over Israel?"
18~~"And
Jehovah/God sent you on a journey,
and
said, Go and utterly destroy the degenerate - the Amalekites.
And
fight against them until they 'are destroyed'/'be consumed'."
19~~"Wherefore/why
then did you not obey
the
voice of Jehovah/God,
but
did fly/light upon the spoil
{jumped on it and took it and kept it for himself},
and
did evil in the sight of Jehovah/God?"
20~~And
Saul said unto Samuel,
"Yes,
I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah/God
{Saul denies the charge against him},
and
have gone the way which Jehovah/God sent me.
I
have brought Agag the king of Amalek,
and
have utterly destroyed the Amalekites."
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