1 Samuel 15:21 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 15:21

The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.

KJV

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

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Commentary

3 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

LETTER TO THE BISHOPS OF EGYPT 1.11 (373)

And when Saul was charged with negligence and a breach of the law, he did not benefit his cause by alleging his conduct on other matters. For a defence on one count will not operate to obtain an acquittal on another count; but if all things should be done according to law and justice, a man must defend himself in those particulars wherein he is accused, and must either disprove the past, or else confess it with the promise that he will desist, and do so no more.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord--Saul was either blinded by a partial and delusive self-love, or he was, in his declaration to Samuel, acting the part of a bold and artful hypocrite. He professed to have fulfilled the divine command, and that the blame of any defects in the execution lay with the people.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּ֨ח	vai.yi.Kach	and it took	H3947 →
הָעָ֧ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
מֵהַשָּׁלָ֛ל	me.ha.sha.Lal	from the plunder	H7998 →
צֹ֥אן	tzon	sheep	H6629 →
וּבָקָ֖ר	u.va.Kar	and cattle	H1241 →
רֵאשִׁ֣ית	re.Shit	[the] choicest of	H7225 →
הַחֵ֑רֶם	ha.Che.rem	the object[s] for destruction	H2764 →
לִזְבֹּ֛חַ	liz.Bo.ach	to sacrifice [them]	H2076 →
לַֽיהוָ֥ה	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃	ba.gil.Gal	in <the> Gilgal	H1537 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
  I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- 1 Timothy 2:14
  And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
- Genesis 3:4–6
  “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
- John 18:35
  “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
- Genesis 4:10–12
  “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Through
1 Samuel 15:15
Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:9
  Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they…
- Genesis 3:12–13
  And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
- Exodus 32:22–23
  “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.