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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记上 15:1

 神命掃羅滅絕亞瑪力人撒母耳對掃羅說:“耶和華差遣我膏立你作他子民以色列的王,所以現在你要聽耶和華的話。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Agency;   Amalekites;   Anointing;   Church and State;   Falsehood;   Retaliation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Amalekites, the;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amalekites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Samuel;   Saul, king of israel;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judgment Day;   Samuel;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Agag;   Amalek, Amalekites;   Ban;   Israel;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amalek, Amalekites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mordecai;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Saul;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Agag;   Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amalek;   Holy Spirit;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
撒 母 耳 对 扫 罗 说 : 耶 和 华 差 遣 我 膏 你 为 王 , 治 理 他 的 百 姓 以 色 列 ; 所 以 你 当 听 从 耶 和 华 的 话 。

Contextual Overview

1 Samuel said to Saul, "The Lord sent me to appoint you king over Israel. Now listen to his message. 2 This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘When the Israelites came out of Egypt, the Amalekites tried to stop them from going to Canaan. So I will punish them. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and destroy everything they own as an offering to the Lord . Don't let anything live. Put to death men and women, children and small babies, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.'" 4 So Saul called the army together at Telaim. There were two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men from Judah. 5 Then Saul went to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the ravine. 6 He said to the Kenites, "Go away. Leave the Amalekites so that I won't destroy you with them, because you showed kindness to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt." So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites. 7 Then Saul defeated the Amalekites. He fought them all the way from Havilah to Shur, at the border of Egypt. 8 He took King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he killed all of Agag's army with the sword. 9 Saul and the army let Agag live, along with the best sheep, fat cattle, and lambs. They let every good animal live, because they did not want to destroy them. But when they found an animal that was weak or useless, they killed it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2925, bc 1079, An, Ex, Is, 412

The Lord: 1 Samuel 15:17, 1 Samuel 15:18, 1 Samuel 9:16, 1 Samuel 10:1

hearken: 1 Samuel 15:16, 1 Samuel 12:14, 1 Samuel 13:13, 2 Samuel 23:2, 2 Samuel 23:3, 1 Chronicles 22:12, 1 Chronicles 22:13, Psalms 2:10, Psalms 2:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:7 - Amalekites Deuteronomy 25:19 - thou shalt Joshua 11:15 - he left nothing 1 Samuel 9:15 - the Lord 2 Kings 9:3 - I have anointed John 10:35 - unto Acts 13:21 - Saul

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these things happened, the Lord spoke his word to Abram in a vision: "Abram, don't be afraid. I will defend you, and I will give you a great reward."
Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, "Lord God , what can you give me? I have no son, so my slave Eliezer from Damascus will get everything I own after I die."
Genesis 15:3
Abram said, "Look, you have given me no son, so a slave born in my house will inherit everything I have."
Genesis 15:4
Then the Lord spoke his word to Abram: "He will not be the one to inherit what you have. You will have a son of your own who will inherit what you have."
Genesis 15:5
Then God led Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky. There are so many stars you cannot count them. Your descendants also will be too many to count."
Genesis 15:6
Abram believed the Lord . And the Lord accepted Abram's faith, and that faith made him right with God.
Genesis 15:10
Abram brought them all to God. Then Abram killed the animals and cut each of them into two pieces, laying each half opposite the other half. But he did not cut the birds in half.
Genesis 15:14
But I will punish the nation where they are slaves. Then your descendants will leave that land, taking great wealth with them.
Genesis 15:16
After your great-great-grandchildren are born, your people will come to this land again. It will take that long, because I am not yet going to punish the Amorites for their evil behavior."
Genesis 15:17
After the sun went down, it was very dark. Suddenly a smoking firepot and a blazing torch passed between the halves of the dead animals.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Samuel also said unto Saul,.... When and where he said to him what follows, it is not easy to determine, perhaps at Gilgal, where they after met again:

the Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel; that is, he gave him orders to anoint him king of Israel, otherwise Saul was in providence sent to Samuel to be anointed, and not Samuel to Saul:

now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord; for so great a favour, and such high honour he had conferred on him, laid him under great obligation to obey the commands of the Lord; and whereas he had been deficient in one instance before, for which he had been reproved, he suggests, that now he should take care to observe and do, particularly and punctually, what should be enjoined him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The absence of all chronology or note of time is remarkable.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XV

Samuel sends Saul to destroy the Amalekites, and all their

substance, 1-3.

Saul collects an immense army and comes against their city,

4, 5.

He desires the Kenites to remove from among the Amalekites, 6.

He smites the Amalekites, and takes their king, Agag, prisoner,

and saves the best of the spoil, 7-9.

The Lord is displeased, and sends Samuel to reprove him, 10, 11.

The conversation between Samuel and Saul, in which the latter

endeavours to justify his conduct, 12-23.

He is convinced that he has done wrong, and asks pardon, 24-31.

Samuel causes Agag to be slain; for which he assigns the

reasons, 32-35.

NOTES ON CHAP. XV

Verse 1 Samuel 15:1. The Lord sent me to anoint thee — This gave him a right to say what immediately follows.


 
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