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1 Samuel 15

1 Samuel 15:30

Saul’s Confession · 1 Samuel 15:24–35
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Translations

Modern
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
Traditional
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.
Literal
And he said, “I have sinned; now honor me, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship YHWH your God.”
Latin
At ille ait: Peccavi: sed nunc honora me coram senioribus populi mei et coram Israël, et revertere mecum, ut adorem Dominum Deum tuum.

Original

Hebrew
English
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

Notes

1 Samuel 15:30

honor me now before the elders: To help Saul maintain his dignity.

1 Samuel 15:24–30

Saul admitted his wrongdoing, but it was too late and he still made excuses.

1 Samuel 15:1–35

After Saul disobeyed God by not completely destroying the Amalekites, God rejected him more strongly than before (see 1 Samuel 13:8–14).

Events

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Agag Amalek, Amalekites Gilgal Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Amalekites: Defeated by Saul Christian Minister: Expostulate with Rulers: Samuel with Saul Church and State: Ecclesiastical Power Superior to Civil: Reproves Rulers Government: Mosaic: Saul Pleads to be Honored Before Intercession of Man with God Repentance: False: Saul Repentance: Saul, at the Rebuke of Samuel for not Destroying the Amalekites Reproof: Faithfulness in Samuel, of Saul Rulers: Wicked: Saul, Sparing Agag and the Best of the Booty Self-Righteousness: Saul