1 Samuel 15:30
And he says, “I have sinned; now please honor me before [the] elderly of my people and before Israel, and return with me; and I have bowed myself to your God YHWH.”
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31And Samuel turns back after Saul, and Saul bows himself to YHWH;
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:21And Saul says, “I have sinned; return, my son David, for I do evil to you no more, because that my soul has been precious in your eyes this day; behold, I have acted foolishly, and err very greatly.”
Habakkuk 2:4Behold, a presumptuous one! His soul is not upright within him, || And the righteous lives by his faith.
John 5:44how are you able—you—to believe, receiving glory from one another, and the glory that [is] from God alone you do not seek?
2 Timothy 3:5having a form of piety, but having denied its power; and be turning away from these,
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 →