Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, [that is] better than thou.
Samuel makes use of the emergent occasion, as a sign, to signify and confirm his former prediction.
A neighbour of thine; either another man, or another Israelite; for the word neighbour is used both ways; or rather, one of the neighbouring tribe, even Judah, whose inheritance did not only join to that of Benjamin, but was partly mixed with it.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Samuel said unto him, the Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day,…. Seeing his mantle rent by Saul, he took occasion from thence to predict, and no doubt it was impressed on his mind by the Spirit of God, that his kingdom should be in a like manner rent from him, on account of his own evil conduct and behaviour; and from this day forward he might expect it; the sentence was gone forth from God, and it would not be reversed; and by a like sign was signified the rending of the ten tribes from the kingdom of Solomon in his son Rehoboam, 1Ki 11:30,
and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou; who was David, a man after God’s own heart, that would fulfil his will, who was more holy, just, and wise than Saul; whose works were better and righter than his, as the Targum; who was an Israelite, of the same nation and religion as he, and so his neighbour; and though he was not of the same tribe, yet of a neighbouring tribe; Benjamin, and Judah, of which tribe David was, joining closely to one another. It is highly probable that at this time Samuel knew not personally who he was that was designed to be made king in his room, though under the direction of the Spirit of God he thus describes him; for after this he is bid to go to Jesse’s family, from thence to anoint a king, and several passed before him ere the Lord pointed out the proper person to him.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(28) The Lord hath rent the kingdom.The prophet at once looks upon the garment torn by the passionate vehemence of the king, as an omen for the future, and uses the rent vesture as a symbol, to show Saul that thus had the Lord on that day rent the kingdom from him.
A neighbour of thine.It had not yet been revealed to the seer who was to replace the rebellious king, so he simply refers to the future anointed one quite indefinitely as a neighbour.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou.
Ver. 28. The Lord hath rent the kingdom. ] And given it to the man that shall hereafter tear off the skirt of thy garment, as Lyra here noteth out of the Rabbins, whence also Saul said then, “And now behold I know well that thou shalt surely be king,” &c. 1Sa 24:20
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
The Lord: 1Sa 28:17, 1Sa 28:18, 1Ki 11:30, 1Ki 11:31
hath given: 1Sa 2:7, 1Sa 2:8, Jer 27:5, Jer 27:6, Dan 4:17, Dan 4:32, Joh 19:11, Rom 13:1
a neighbour: 1Sa 13:14, 1Sa 16:12, Act 13:22
Reciprocal: 1Sa 2:10 – he shall 1Sa 13:13 – hast not kept 1Sa 18:8 – and what 1Sa 25:28 – the Lord 1Sa 25:30 – according 2Sa 3:8 – do show 2Sa 3:9 – as the Lord 2Sa 3:18 – for the Lord 2Sa 6:21 – chose 2Sa 7:15 – as I took 1Ki 2:32 – more righteous 1Ch 10:14 – turned 1Ch 11:3 – according 1Ch 17:13 – as I took Neh 5:13 – So God Est 1:19 – that is better Job 34:24 – set Psa 75:7 – he putteth Eze 4:1 – take Zec 8:23 – take Luk 19:26 – and from Act 7:46 – found Act 21:11 – he took
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 15:28-29. The Lord hath rent the kingdom from thee Hath declared his firm resolution of laying aside thy family, and will soon actually take away thy life and thy kingly power. Also the Strength of Israel Who is perfectly able to bring to pass all his purposes, and to make good all his declarations; will not lie He gives God his title, to show the reason why he neither can nor will lie. For lying generally proceeds from a mans weakness and inability to accomplish his designs, as he thinks, without it. But God needs no such artifices: he can do whatsoever he pleaseth by his absolute power. Nor repent Change his counsel and purpose, which is also an effect of weakness and imperfection, either of wisdom or power. So that this word is not here used in the sense it is 1Sa 15:11, and in several other passages, as Gen 6:6; Exo 32:14; 2Sa 24:16; Jer 26:19; in all which, and many others, it signifies a change of Gods proceedings, and of his method of dealing with persons.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a {l} neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou.
(l) That is, to David.