OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 15:24

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Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

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Verse 24. Voice: miserable excuse for a king, who ought to prevent the sins of his people! Calmet.—Saul’s transgression seems less than David’s; but the one repents, and the other proudly defends what he had done. D.

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