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.
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Interpretation
Repentance in God is not a change of mind, as it is in us, but a change of method. The change was in Saul; "He is turned back from following me." Hereby he made God his enemy.
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This thought runs through 1 Samuel 15:20-23.
Glossary
- Gilgal Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet el Mefjir.