1 Samuel 15:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Repenteth me

Hath not performed

1 Samuel 15:3

1 Samuel 13:13

It grieved

Romans 9:1

He cried

General references

Numbers 12:13

Psalm 119:136

Bible References

Repenteth me

Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand!” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,

“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it;

The Lord

changed His mind about this.

“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.

He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.

Hath not performed

Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

It grieved

Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.”

My eyes shed streams of water,
Because they do not keep Your law.

Oh that my head were waters

And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!

But if you will not listen to it,
My soul will sob in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will bitterly weep
And flow down with tears,
Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.

When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

He cried

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.

In return for my love they act as my accusers;
But I am in prayer.

But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

General references

Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “O God, heal her, I pray!”

My eyes shed streams of water,
Because they do not keep Your law.