22And 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. …
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. …
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-23)Saul is here called to account by Samuel concerning the execution of his commission against the Amalekites; and remarkable instances we are here furnished with of the strictness of the justice of God and the treachery and deceitfulness of the heart of man. We are here told, I. What passed between God and Samuel, in secret, upon this occasion, 1 Sam. 15:10 , 11 . 1. God determines Saul’s rejection,…
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