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, but Samuel mourned over Saul, and Yahweh regretted that he made Saul king over Israel.

And Yahweh regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and {he was grieved in his heart}.

When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, Yahweh regretted about the evil, and he said to the angel who brought destruction among the people, "Enough, now relax your hand." Now the angel of Yahweh [was] at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Yahweh has sworn and he will not change [his mind], "You [are] a priest forever according to the manner of Melchizedek."

One moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot, and to tear down, and to destroy [it].

Yahweh relented concerning this. "It will not be," said Yahweh.

And God saw their deeds--that they turned from their evil ways--and God changed his mind about the evil that he had said [he would] bring upon them, and he did not do [it].

And he prayed to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh, [was] this not {what I said} while I was in my homeland? Therefore {I originally fled} to Tarshish, because I knew that you [are] a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger {and having great steadfast love}, and one who relents concerning calamity.

Hath not performed

So then, go and attack Amalek and utterly destroy all that is his! You must not spare him, but kill both man and woman, both child and nursing infant, both ox and sheep, both camel and donkey.'"

Then Samuel said to Saul, "You have behaved foolishly! You have not kept the command of Yahweh your God which he commanded you. For then, Yahweh would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

It grieved

Samuel {did not see Saul again} until the day of his death, but Samuel mourned over Saul, and Yahweh regretted that he made Saul king over Israel.

Then Yahweh said to Samuel, "{How long} will you mourn about Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel! Fill up your horn [with] oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons."

Streams of water flow down [from] my eyes, because [people] do not heed your law.

{Oh that my head were waters}, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so 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 inner self will weep in secret places, because of {the presence of} [your] pride. And my eyes will weep bitterly, and they will melt [in] tears, because the flock of Yahweh has been taken captive.

And when he approached [and] saw the city, he wept over it,

I am telling the truth in Christ--[I am] not lying; my conscience bears witness to me in the Holy Spirit--

He cried

Also, as for me, far be it from me {that I should sin} against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the good and righteous way.

In return for my love they accuse me, though I [am in] prayer.

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

Now it happened that in these days he went away to the mountain to pray, and was spending the whole night in prayer to God.

General references

And Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "God, {please heal her}!"

Streams of water flow down [from] my eyes, because [people] do not heed your law.