1st Samuel Chapter 15 verse 31 Holy Bible

ASV 1stSamuel 15:31

So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Jehovah.
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BBE 1stSamuel 15:31

So Samuel went back after Saul, and Saul gave worship to the Lord.
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DARBY 1stSamuel 15:31

So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Jehovah.
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KJV 1stSamuel 15:31

So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
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WBT 1stSamuel 15:31

So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped the LORD.
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WEB 1stSamuel 15:31

So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
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YLT 1stSamuel 15:31

And Samuel turneth back after Saul, and Saul boweth himself to Jehovah;
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) So Samuel turned again after Saul.--The prophet, after the repeated and pressing request of the king, consents publicly to worship the Lord in his company. There is little doubt but that the principal motive which induced Samuel on this occasion not to withdraw himself from the public thanksgiving was a desire to prevent any disaffection towards the monarchy. His known disapproval of Saul's conduct, and his declining the king's earnest prayer to stay, would probably have been the signal to the discontented spirits in Israel to revolt, under the pretext that such a revolt would be pleasing to the great seer. Such a revolt in those critical times would have been disastrous to the growing prosperity of the chosen people.It has been well suggested that many blessings came upon the unhappy Saul and the nation over which he ruled in answer to Samuel's intercession on this occasion for him.The result was what might have been looked for. Saul remained in undiminished power apparently; but the will of God, as declared by His servant Samuel, was slowly, but surely, accomplished. The doom of the reigning family pronounced by the prophet on this momentous occasion was irrevocable.The story of Israel contained in this book shows how the march of events in solemn procession moved onward, every year bringing the ill-fated rebel king nearer the execution of the stern sentence which his own self-willed conduct had called down on him.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewSo Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל (šə·mū·’êl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israelwent backוַיָּ֥שָׁב (way·yā·šāḇ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, againwithאַחֲרֵ֣י (’a·ḥă·rê)PrepositionStrong's 310: The hind or following partSaul,שָׁא֑וּל (šā·’ūl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelitesand Saulשָׁא֖וּל (šā·’ūl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelitesworshipedוַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (way·yiš·ta·ḥū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 7812: To depress, prostratethe LORD.לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of IsraelJump to PreviousBoweth Samuel Saul Turned Turneth Worship Worshiped Worshipped