Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 15:19
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
Who cannot be deceived by thy fair professions of religion, but knows very well that thou didst not seek sacrifices for God, but prey for thyself.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord,…. Who had made him king, and sent him on this errand, and gave him such plain directions, and such strong orders to make an entire consumption of Amalek:
but didst fly upon the spoil; like a bird of prey, such as an eagle or vulture, not to devote it to the Lord, by an entire destruction of it, but to seize it for his own use, as being greedily desirous and covetous of it:
and didst evil in the sight of the Lord? by disobeying his commands, from whose sight nothing can be hid.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(19) Didst fly upon the spoil.The expression used evidently includes the idea of greedy eagerness, as though Samuel detected a spirit of grasping covetousness at the bottom of this disobedient act of Sauls.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
Ver. 19. Wherefore then didst thou fly upon the spoil?] As a hungry hawk upon his prey. See on 1Sa 15:9 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
obey = hearken to.
evil = the evil. Hebrew. ra`a`. App-44.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
fly upon: Pro 15:27, Jer 7:11, Hab 2:9-12, 2Ti 4:10
didst evil: 2Ch 33:2, 2Ch 33:6, 2Ch 36:12
Reciprocal: Exo 20:17 – thy neighbour’s house Num 20:11 – smote Jos 6:21 – utterly Jos 11:15 – he left nothing 1Sa 14:32 – flew 1Sa 15:9 – the best 2Sa 12:8 – gave thee 2Sa 12:9 – despised 1Ki 13:21 – thou hast disobeyed 2Ki 3:2 – General Psa 89:8 – a strong Heb 13:17 – Obey