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This set of detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. Over the years this series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so that translators all over the world could complete the important task of putting God's Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. Over the years church leaders...

You have not kept the commandment of the LORD: while this is stated negatively in the original, some languages may prefer to communicate the same meaning using a positive statement, “you have disobeyed [the command from] the LORD” or “you have disregarded the LORD’s rule.” No commandment of the LORD to Saul has been previously mentioned in the story. Interpreters suggest various ways of understanding these words, but translators should not attempt to make explicit the content of the command. The
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