1 Samuel 15 · Verse 35

1 Samuel 15:35

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
1 Samuel 15:35, King James Version

1 Samuel 15:35 in other translations

BSBAnd to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
WEBSamuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death, but Samuel mourned for Saul. The LORD grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
ASVAnd Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Jehovah repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
YLTAnd Samuel hath not added to see Saul till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul, and Jehovah repented that He had caused Saul to reign over Israel.
DARBYAnd Samuel saw Saul no more until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned over Saul; and Jehovah repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
BBEAnd Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.
WebsterAnd Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

What does 1 Samuel 15:35 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul - But we read, 1Sam 19:22-24, that Saul went to see Samuel at Naioth, but this does not affect what is said here. From this time Samuel had no connection with Saul; he never more acknowledged him as king; he mourned and prayed for him, and continued to perform his prophetic functions at Ramah, and at Naioth, superintending the school of the prophets in that place.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:32-35

Many think the bitterness of death is past when it is not gone by; they put that evil day far from them, which is very near. Samuel calls Agag to account for his own sins. He followed the example of his ancestors' cruelty, justly therefore is all the righteous blood shed by Amalek required. Saul seems unconcerned at the token of God's displeasure which he lay under, yet Samuel mourns day and night for him. Jerusalem…

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1 Samuel 15:35 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יָסַ֨ףya.Safhe repeatedH3254
שְׁמוּאֵ֜לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
לִרְא֤וֹתlir.'otto seeH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlSaulH7586
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
י֣וֹםYom[the] day ofH3117
מוֹת֔וֹmo.Todeath hisH4194
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
הִתְאַבֵּ֥לhit.'a.Belhe mournedH56
שְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
אֶל\־'el-concerningH413
שָׁא֑וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
וַיהוָ֣הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068
נִחָ֔םni.Chamhe regrettedH5162
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
הִמְלִ֥יךְhim.Likhhe had made kingH4427
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃\ \פYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 15:35

  • 1 Samuel 19:24

    And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

  • 1 Samuel 15:11

    It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.

  • 1 Samuel 16:1

    And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

  • Jeremiah 9:1-2

    Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

  • Genesis 6:6

    And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

  • Psalms 119:136

    Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

  • Romans 9:2-3

    That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

  • Psalms 119:158

    I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

  • Philippians 3:18

    (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Samuel.
19:24
Samuel mourned.
11; 16:1; Ps 119:136,158; Jer 9:1,2; Ro 9:2,3; Php 3:18
repented.
11; Ge 6:6

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 15:34

    Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

  • 1 Samuel 15:35

    And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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1 Samuel 15:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y nunca después vió Samuel á Saúl en toda su vida: y Samuel lloraba á Saúl: mas Jehová se había arrepentido de haber puesto á Saúl por rey sobre Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Samuel ne vit plus Saül jusqu’au jour de sa mort, car Samuel menait deuil sur Saül, parce que l’ Éternel s’était repenti d’avoir établi Saül roi sur Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Samuel sah Saul nicht mehr bis zum Tage seines Todes; denn Samuel trauerte um Saul, da es Jehova reute, daß er Saul zum König über Israel gemacht hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et non vidit Samuel ultra Saul usque ad diem mortis suæ: verumtamen lugebat Samuel Saulem, quoniam Dominum pœnitebat quod constituisset eum regem super Israël.