9And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-14)Here is, I. Saul’s offence in offering sacrifice before Samuel came. Samuel, when he anointed him, had ordered him to tarry for him seven days in Gilgal, promising that, at the end of those days, he would be sure to come to him, and both offer sacrifices for him and direct him what he should do. This we had 1 Sam. 10:8. Perhaps that order, though inserted there, was given him afterwards, or was gi…
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