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1 Samuel 15:12 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 15 · verse 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.1 Samuel 15:12 · King James Version
1 Samuel 15:12 in context
10Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
12And 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.
13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
14And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- morningbôqerproperly, dawnH1242 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- CarmelKarmelKarmel, the name of a hill and of a town in PalestineH3760 →
- earlyshâkamliterally, to load upH7925 →
- placeyâda handH3027 →
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Saul is here called to account by Samuel concerning the execution of his commission against the Amalekites; and remarkable instances we are here furnished with of the strictness of the justice of God and the treachery and deceitfulness of the heart of man. We are here told, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-23