8<\/strong>. Agag<\/em> ] Agag<\/em> perhaps means “fiery.” As the name is found in Num 24:7<\/span>, it was probably an hereditary title, like Pharaoh among the Egyptians.<\/p>\n utterly destroyed all the people<\/em> ] All who fell into their bands. Some survived, and continued a guerilla warfare against the Israelites (1Sa 27:8<\/span>, 1Sa 30:1<\/span>; 2Sa 8:12<\/span>). The last remnant of them was destroyed by a band of Simeonites in the reign of Hezekiah (1Ch 4:43<\/span>).<\/p>\n The saving Agag alive was in direct violation of the devotion to destruction.<\/P> <\/p>\n Saul spared <\/P> Agag, <\/B>either out of foolish pity for the goodliness of his person, which Josephus notes; or for his respect to his royal majesty, in the preservation of which he thought himself concerned; or for the glory of his triumph: compare 1Sa 15:12<\/span>. <\/P> All the people, <\/B>to wit, the body of the people, but not every individual person, as hath been showed. Universal particles are commonly thus understood, as is confessed. <\/P> <\/p>\n 8, 9. he took Agag . . . alive<\/B>Thiswas the common title of the Amalekite kings. He had no scruple aboutthe apparent cruelty of it, for he made fierce and indiscriminatehavoc of the people. But he spared Agag, probably to enjoy the gloryof displaying so distinguished a captive, and, in like manner, themost valuable portions of the booty, as the cattle. By this wilfuland partial obedience to a positive command [1Sa15:3<\/span>], complying with it in some parts and violating it inothers, as suited his own taste and humor, Saul showed his selfish,arbitrary temper, and his love of despotic power, and his utterunfitness to perform the duties of a delegated king in Israel. <\/P> 1Sa 15:10<\/span>;1Sa 15:11<\/span>. GODREJECTS HISFOR DISOBEDIENCE.<\/P><\/p>\n And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive<\/strong>,…. This name seems to be a common name of the kings of these people, as Pharaoh was of the Egyptians, see Nu 24:2<\/span>. When this king fell into the hands of Saul, he did not put him to death, as he should have done, but preserved him; for what reasons, see in the following verse:<\/p>\n and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword<\/strong>; that is, all that came in his way, or fell into his hands; all between Havilah and Shur; all excepting those that made their escape, for we after read of Amalekites, and that in large bodies, 1Sa 27:8<\/span>.<\/p>\n 8<\/strong>. <\/strong> Agag <\/strong> This was the common title of the Amalekite, as Pharaoh was of the Egyptian, and Abimelech of the Philistine kings. <\/p>\n Utterly destroyed all the people <\/strong> “That is, all that fell into the hands of the Israelites; for it follows from the very nature of the case that many escaped, and consequently there is nothing striking in the fact that Amalekites are mentioned again at a later period. 1Sa 27:8 ; 1Sa 30:1<\/span>; 2Sa 8:12<\/span>.” Keil.<\/p>\n 1Sa 15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.<\/p>\n Ver. 8. And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive.<\/strong> ] Captans laudem clementiae,<\/em> that he might be cried up for a clement conqueror: or that he might put him to his ransom, or rather out of a foolish and preposterous pity to his fellowking; as Ahab afterwards dealt by Benhadad. a<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And utterly destroyed all the people.<\/strong> ] All that he met with, as those that were devoted to destruction. The Jews at this day think they may kill any idolaters; and they have a saying, Optimus qui inter gentes, dignus est cui caput conteratur tanquam serpenti.<\/em> The very best man among the Gentiles is as worthy as the old serpent to be knocked on the head. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Ob fortanae regiae similitudinem.<\/em> – Joseph.<\/em> ;<\/p>\n Kenites. Said to be the same as the Rechabites. Go, depart. Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton in 1Sa 15:6. <\/p>\n Agag: 1Sa 15:3, Num 24:7, 1Ki 20:30, 1Ki 20:34-42, Est 3:1 <\/p>\n utterly: 1Sa 27:8, 1Sa 30:1, Jos 10:39, Jos 11:12 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 17:14 – for I will Num 24:20 – shall be that he perish for ever Deu 2:34 – utterly destroyed Jos 6:21 – utterly Jos 8:23 – General Jos 11:15 – he left nothing 1Sa 15:20 – have brought 2Sa 21:2 – in his zeal 1Ki 20:32 – he is my brother 1Ch 4:43 – the rest<\/p>\n And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 8. Agag ] Agag perhaps means “fiery.” As the name is found in Num 24:7, it was probably an hereditary title, like Pharaoh among the Egyptians. utterly destroyed all the people ] All … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 15:8”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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