1 Samuel 15:30
Then he said, I have sinned. Yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship LORD thy God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent, for he is not a man that he should repent.
31So Samuel turned again after Saul, and Saul worshipped LORD.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:21Then Saul said, I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do thee harm because my life was precious in thine eyes this day. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
Habakkuk 2:4Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright in him. (But the righteous man shall live by his faith.
John 5:44How can ye believe, who receive glory from each other, and seek not the glory from the only God?
2 Timothy 3:5having a form of piety, but repudiating the power of it. Now turn away from these men,
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 15:25-32
Saul's Dethronement Foretold. ( b. c. 1065.) 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord , and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord . 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord , and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away,… Read the whole commentary →