1 Samuel 15:13

Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD.”

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In The King James Version

And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

In Context

12Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, turned, passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”

14Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”

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Cross References

Genesis 14:19He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.

Ruth 3:10He said, “You are blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, because you didn’t follow young men, whether poor or rich.

1 Samuel 15:9But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, of the fat calves, of the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

1 Samuel 23:21Saul said, “You are blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.

Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Proverbs 31:31Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 15:11-24

Samuel Reproves Saul; Saul Rejected of God. ( b. c. 1065.) 10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night. 12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 13… Read the whole commentary →

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