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15:24

וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל חָטָאתִי כִּֽי־עָבַרְתִּי אֶת־פִּֽי־יְהֹוָה וְאֶת־דְּבָרֶיךָ כִּי יָרֵאתִי אֶת־הָעָם וָאֶשְׁמַע בְּקוֹלָֽם׃

Shaul said to Shmuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the word of Adonoy and your word, for I feared the people and I yielded to their demands.

Shaul said to Shmuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the word of Adonoy and your word, for I feared the people and I yielded to their demands.

Rashi

יראתי את העם. דואג האדומי, שהיה חשוב כולם:

I feared the people. [Referring to] Do'eg, the Edomite,27 He was the head of the Sanhedrin and was considered a giant in his Torah scholarship. See Maseches Sanhedrin 106b. who was as important as all of them.

15:25

וְעַתָּה שָׂא נָא אֶת־חַטָּאתִי וְשׁוּב עִמִּי וְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לַיהֹוָֽה׃

But now, please forgive my sin and return with me, and I will prostrate myself before Adonoy."

But now, please forgive my sin and return with me, and I will prostrate myself before Adonoy."

15:26

וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־שָׁאוּל לֹא אָשׁוּב עִמָּךְ כִּי מָאַסְתָּה אֶת־דְּבַר יְהֹוָה וַיִּמְאָסְךָ יְהֹוָה מִֽהְיוֹת מֶלֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {ס}        

Shmuel said to Shaul, "I will not return with you, for you rejected the word of Adonoy and Adonoy has rejected you from being king over Yisroel."

Shmuel said to Shaul, "I will not return with you, for you rejected the word of Adonoy and Adonoy has rejected you from being king over Yisroel."

Texts

  • Hebrew: Miqra according to the Masorah · License: CC-BY-SA
  • English: The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J · License: CC-BY
  • Hebrew: On Your Way · License: PD

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