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1 Samuel 15:12

King James Version (KJV)

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And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:12

Theological / Devotional

Carmel. Not the Mt. Carmel where Elijah met the prophets of Baal, but a town 7 1/4 mi. (11.6 km.) south by east of Hebron, where David encountered Nabal (ch. 25).

Set him up a place. Here Saul “set up a monument” (RSV) to his victory, and then went on to Gilgal near Jericho, perhaps to redeem the disgrace he had experienced there (ch. 13:11-16).

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