Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 15:16
Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
16. Stay ] Forbear! cease these flimsy excuses!
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Samuel now acquiesces in the wisdom and justice of the sentence which 1Sa 15:11 he had so strenuously resisted at first. What before was known only to the Searcher of hearts, had now been displayed to Samuel by Saul himself.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Then Samuel said unto Saul, stay,…. Stop a little, do not be in haste to be gone, as he might seem to be, fearing a reproof, and that something would be said to him not very agreeable; or “suffer” c me, that is, to speak, give me leave to say a few words; for Saul being a king, Samuel treats him as such, and asks audience of him, or leave of him to deliver what he had to say to him:
and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night; and since it was not anything from himself, but from the Lord, he had to say, he might expect the rather to be heard, and especially since it was what had lately, even that very night, been told him:
and he said unto him, say on; he gave him leave, perhaps hoping he should hear something said in his praise, commending him for what he had done in destroying the nation of Amalek, see Lu 7:40. There is a double reading of this clause, the Cetib or textural reading is, “and they said unto him”; meaning Saul, and the elders with him; the Keri, or marginal reading is, which we follow, “and he said unto him”; meaning Saul, as Kimchi notes.
c “permitte”, Pagninus, Montanus; “sine me”, V. L. so Abarbinel.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Samuel therefore bade him be silent. , “ leave off,” excusing thyself any further. “ I will tell thee what Jehovah hath said to me this night.” (The Chethibh is evidently a copyist’s error for .) “ Is it not true, when thou wast little in thine eyes (a reference to Saul’s own words, 1Sa 9:21), thou didst become head of the tribes of Israel? and Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel, and Jehovah sent thee on the way, and said, Go and ban the sinners, the Amalekites, and make war against them, until thou exterminatest them. And wherefore hast thou nor hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and hast fallen upon the booty,” etc.? ( , see at 1Sa 14:32.)
Even after this Saul wanted to justify himself, and to throw the blame of sparing the cattle upon the people.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(16) Stay, and I will tell thee . . .The king was probably turning away, desirous of closing an interview which to him was full of bitterness, when he was arrested
by the solemn words, and probably by the commanding gesture, of his old friend and counsellor, who now addressed him with the majesty and power of an accredited servant of the Most High.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
16. Stay Leave off these false pretences, desist from such hypocritical apologies, whilst, by the revelation of Him whom thou callest my God, I lay open the iniquities of thy heart and the disobedience of thy life.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Sa 15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
Ver. 16. Stay, and I will tell thee. ] Ministers must rebuke with all authority: neither may any despise them for so doing. Tit 2:15 It is a treacherous flattery to soothe men up in their sins, and to sew pillows under their elbows.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Stay: 1Sa 9:27, 1Sa 12:7, 1Ki 22:16
Reciprocal: 1Sa 12:16 – stand 1Sa 15:1 – hearken 1Ki 14:6 – for I am 1Ki 14:7 – Forasmuch Isa 39:5 – Hear Jer 22:1 – Go Jer 34:6 – General Amo 7:16 – hear Mic 6:1 – ye