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1 Samuel 28:18

in 1 Samuel 28

Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Because thou obeyedst not the voice of Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath Jehovah done this thing unto thee this day.

KJV

Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.

This verse in 1 Samuel 28

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON 1 KINGS 5.5, 5.8 · Written before 253.

Is a little demon capable of prophesying concerning the entire people of God that the Lord is about to deliver Israel?…Can also a little demon know this, that after a king has been appointed with the anointing oil of a prophet, that tomorrow Saul and his sons with him will forfeit their lives?… But I cannot give to a little demon such a great power that he can prophesy concerning Saul and the people of God and he can prophesy concerning David that he will become king.

This site's exposition

given it to your neighbor David

on 1 Samuel 28:17-19

Samuel repeats what he told Saul at 15:28, that the LORD has torn the kingship from him. Henry notes that Samuel had set rebellion beside divination at 15:23, and Saul ends his reign consulting a medium. The word that Saul will be with Samuel tomorrow is fulfilled in chapter 31.

This site's exposition

Because you did not obey the LORD

Matthew Henry, who reads the speaker as an evil spirit, says the sin Saul excused is now pressed on him to drive him to despair. Ennodius cited the verse on a king's duty of severity. Saul spared Amalek and brought the LORD's anger on himself.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Magnus Felix Ennodius

LIFE OF ST. EPIPHANIUS · Written before 521.

proposed

The need of severe measures tends to crush all gentleness and compassion of heart. The testimony of Scripture supports my assertion. We read that a sovereign sinned who spared an enemy appointed by heaven to be slain. His leniency brought upon him the penalty which …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Satan had helped him to palliate and excuse that sin when Samuel was dealing with him to bring him to repentance, but now he aggravates it, to make him despair of God's mercy.
Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek - See 1Sa 15:1-9 (note) and the notes there.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר<as> since

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • שָׁמַ֙עְתָּ֙you listened

    shama'taH8085 →1159 times

  • בְּק֣וֹלto [the] voice of

    bekolH6963 →506 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • עָשִׂ֥יתָyou executed

    ʾasitaH6213 →2628 times

  • חֲרוֹן־[the] burning of

    charon-H2740 →

  • אַפּ֖וֹanger his

    ʾapoH639 →276 times

  • בַּעֲמָלֵ֑קon Amalek

    baamalekH6002 →39 times

  • עַל־there-

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כֵּן֙-fore

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • הַדָּבָ֣רthe thing

    hadavarH1697 →1440 times

  • הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • עָשָֽׂה־he has done

    ʾasah-H6213 →2628 times

  • לְךָ֥to <the> you

    lekha

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • הַיּ֥וֹםthe day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 48:10

    Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 15:3

      Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 20:42

      And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for…

    • 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…

    • Judges 5:23

      ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

    • 2 Kings 13:19

      But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end…

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 10:13

    So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 20:6

      Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

    • Leviticus 19:31

      You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

    • 1 Samuel 15:23

      For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Samuel

Saul and the Witch of Endor — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul and the Witch of Endor — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel; Magnus Felix Ennodius, LIFE OF ST. EPIPHANIUS; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON 1 KINGS 5.5, 5.8.