1 Samuel 15:18

1 Samuel 15:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
• New International Version (NIV)And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, 'Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’

Context of 1 Samuel 15:18

16Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop, and let me inform you of what the Lord said to me last night.” And he said to him, “Speak!” 17So Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were insignificant in your own eyes, that you became the head of the tribes of Israel? For the Lord anointed you as king over Israel. And the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are eliminated.’ 19Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Instead, you loudly rushed upon the spoils and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord!” 20Then Saul said to Samuel, “I did obey the voice of the Lord, for I went on the mission on which the Lord sent me; and I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have completely destroyed the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15:18 word by word

וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה בְּדָ֑רֶךְ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לֵ֣ךְ וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ה אֶת־הַֽחַטָּאִים֙ אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֔ק וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣ ב֔וֹ עַ֥ד כַּלּוֹתָ֖ם אֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• missionדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• and completelyחָרַםchâram · to devote/destroyH2763
• destroyחָרַםchâram · to devote/destroyH2763
• the sinnersחַטָּאchaţţâ' · sinnerH2400
• the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵק‛ămâlêq · AmalekH6002
• and fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against them untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• they are eliminatedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 15:18

• Genesis 13:13Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked sinners against the Lord.
• Genesis 15:16Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”
• Numbers 16:38As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their own lives, have them made into hammered sheets as plating for the altar, since they did present them before the Lord and they are holy; and they shall serve as a sign to the sons of Israel.”
• Job 31:3Is it not disaster to the criminal, And misfortune to those who practice injustice?
• Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright, But ruin to the workers of injustice.
• Proverbs 13:21Adversity pursues sinners, But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 15:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The sinners - As though God would justify His commission to destroy them. (Compare Genesis 13:13.)Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-23Verses 10-23 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." Hereby he made God his enemy. Samuel spent a whole night in pleading for Saul. The rejection of sinners is the grief of believers: God delights not in their death, nor should we. Saul boasts to Samuel of his obedience. Thus sinners think, by justifying themselves, to escape being judged of the Lord…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35After Saul disobeyed God by not completely destroying the Amalekites, God rejected him more strongly than before (see 1 Samuel 13:8–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-2313-23. Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord--Saul was either blinded by a partial and delusive self-love, or he was, in his declaration to Samuel, acting the part of a bold and artful hypocrite. He professed to have fulfilled the divine command, and that the blame of any defects in the execution lay with the people. Samuel saw the real state of the case, and in discharge of the commission he had…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 15:18

• Agency
• Amalekites
• Church and State
• Falsehood
• Gilgal
• Minister, Christian
• Presumption
• Repentance
• Reproof
• Rulers
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Agag
• Better
• Chief
• Pardon
• Reject
• Samuel
• Saul
• Skirt
• Arabia
• God

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings