Yes, I have obeyed... — These and the words that follow are simply a repetition of the king’s former excuse for his act, …

And Saul said to Samuel, yea, I have obeyed the voice of the
Lord
Here Saul breaks in…

Repentance in God is not a change of mind, as it is in us, but a change of method. The change was in Saul; He is turned back from following me.…