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Lesson 679: Book of I Samuel Chapter 15

“I Feared the People and Obeyed Their Voice”

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I SAMUEL CHAPTER 15

1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night. 12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord. 14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 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. 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel? 18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. 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? 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. Saul pleads for forgiveness 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord. 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 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. 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. 30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God. 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord. 32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

Lesson No. 679 “I Feared the People and Obeyed Their Voice”

Book of I Samuel Chapter 15 07/16/2023


1) Samuel had a message (command or commandment) from the Lord for Saul- what was it? This sounds pretty harsh from the Lord; was this just vengeance ‘sayeth the Lord’, or was there more to it? (verses 1-5) Perhaps this trial for Saul could have ‘redeemed’ his relationship with the Lord?


2) Saul was prepared for battle with the Amalekites, how does he show mercy to the Kenites living in this same territory as the Amalekites? (verse 6) What other time did Saul show mercy in a kingly sort of way?


3) Saul ‘smote’ the Amalekites as God instructed, but in what way did Saul break the command of the Lord? (verses 7-9) Do we do this? How about the command that we ‘love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength?


4) What did the Lord have to say to Samuel about Saul’s disobedience? Saul couldn’t wait to tell Samuel all he had done for the Lord. What did Samuel have to say to Saul about what he didn’t do or didn’t do correctly for the Lord. (verses 10-15) (perhaps like a lukewarm heart, partial obedience)


5) Samuel has a word from the Lord of Saul- what was it? (verses 16-19) What reason did Saul give for his lack of following the commandments of the Lord? (verses 20-21) Give the people what they want instead of obeying the Lord is always a disaster! This has disastrous consequences.


6) What was Samuel’s response regarding obedience over sacrifice? Where have we heard this before? (verse 22) Verse 23 is profound- think about this! And along with these words of wisdom comes Saul’s consequence.


7) Saul responds perfectly to his sin and the Lord’s punishment for him! (verses 24-25). Samuel rejects Saul but what does Saul do? (verse 26-31) Is this the right thing for Samuel to do? Did God forgive Saul? What about the consequences of Saul’s choices? Moreover, was Saul dammed to hell for his sin? What does the Word say?


8) So now, what does Samuel do? Agag the king plays up to Samuel. Did it work? Yikes! (verses 32-33) Samuel and the Lord both mourned and repented over Saul. Good thing to avoid in this life!


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