SEV Biblia, Chapter 15:20
Y Saúl respondió a Samuel: Antes he oído la voz del SEÑOR, y fui a la jornada que el SEÑOR me envió, y he traído a Agag rey de Amalec, y he destruido a los amalecitas.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. And Saul said to Samuel, yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord , etc.] Here Saul breaks in upon Samuel before he had declared all that the Lord had said unto him; for having expostulated with him for not obeying the voice of the Lord, he could not forbear interrupting him, but with the utmost assurance affirms he had obeyed the voice of the Lord; but then it was very imperfectly, and poor proof does he give of it: and have gone the way which the Lord sent me ; it is very true he went into the country of Amalek, but he did not do there all the Lord commanded him: and have brought Agag the king of Amalek ; took him alive, and brought him captive; whereas he ought to have destroyed him at once, and not have reserved him for triumph; a sad proof this of his obeying the voice of the Lord: and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites ; all that came in his way, in which he did right; but then he had not destroyed the principal of them, their king.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-23 - Repentance in God is not a change of mind, as it is in us, but a chang of method. The change was in Saul; "He is turned back from followin me." Hereby he made God his enemy. Samuel spent a whole night in pleading for Saul. The rejection of sinners is the grief of believers God delights not in their death, nor should we. Saul boasts to Samue of his obedience. Thus sinners think, by justifying themselves, to escape being judged of the Lord. The noise the cattle made, like the rust of the silver, Jas 5:3, witnessed against him. Many boast of obedience to the command of God; but what means then their indulgenc of the flesh, their love of the world, their angry and unkind spirit and their neglect of holy duties, which witness against them? See of what evil covetousness is the root; and see what is the sinfulness of sin, and notice that in it which above any thing else makes it evil in the sight of the Lord; it is disobedience: "Thou didst not obey the voice of the Lord." Carnal, deceitful hearts, like Saul, think to excuse themselves from God's commandments by what pleases themselves It is hard to convince the children of disobedience. But humble sincere, and conscientious obedience to the will of God, is mor pleasing and acceptable to him than all burnt-offering and sacrifices God is more glorified and self more denied, by obedience than by sacrifice. It is much easier to bring a bullock or lamb to be burne upon the altar, than to bring every high thought into obedience to God and to make our will subject to his will. Those are unfit and unworth to rule over men, who are not willing that God should rule over them.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 שׁאול 7586 אל 413 שׁמואל 8050 אשׁר 834 שׁמעתי 8085 בקול 6963 יהוה 3068 ואלך 1980 בדרך 1870 אשׁר 834 שׁלחני 7971 יהוה 3068 ואביא 935 את 853 אגג 90 מלך 4428 עמלק 6002 ואת 853 עמלק 6002 החרמתי׃ 2763
