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Samuel said, What have you done? Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn`t come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;
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Justifying Disobedience
Saul provides three seemingly practical reasons for his disobedience: his soldiers were deserting, Samuel was late, and the enemy was gathering. Commentators point out that while the pressure was real, these were ultimately excuses. Saul tried to justify his actions and even shift blame to Samuel, rather than repenting for violating a direct command from God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Saul had come from Michmash to Gilgal, expecting to gather the force of the whole nation around him. Instead, the people fled, leaving him in the e…
19th Century
Anglican
What hast thou done? —The deeper aspects of King Saul’s sin are discussed in Excursus F. On this memorable occas…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Samuel said, what have you done ? This question he put to bring him to a confession of what he had done, otherwi…
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