1 Samuel 15:19

1 Samuel Old Testament

WEB

Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord, but took the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord?"

KJV

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?

Commentary

Commentary

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord,.... Who had made him king, and sent him on this er rand, and gave him such plain directions, and such strong orders to make an entire consumption of Amalek: but didst fly upon the spoil; like a bird of prey, such as an eagle or vulture, not to devote it to the Lord, by an entire destruction of it, but to seize it for his own use, as being greedily desirous and covetous of it: and didst evil in the sight of the Lord? by disobeying his commands, from whose sight nothing can be hid.