Since the defeat of the Philistines at Michmash, Saul had made war against Moab, Ammon, and Edom, and against the 629 Amalekites and the Philistines; and wherever he turned his arms, he gained fresh victories. On receiving the commission against the Amalekites, he at once proclaimed war. To his own authority was added that of the prophet, and at the call to battle the men of Israel flocked to his standard. The expedition was not to be entered upon for the purpose of self-aggrandizement; the Israelites were not to receive either the honor of the conquest or the spoils of their enemies. They were to engage in the war solely as an act of obedience to God, for the purpose of executing His judgment upon the Amalekites. God intended that all nations should behold the doom of that people that had defied His sovereignty, and should mark that they were destroyed by the very people whom they had despised.


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Saul forkastes

Efter sejren over filisterne ved Mikmas havde Saul ført krig imod Moab, Ammon, Edom, amalekitterne og filisterne, og hver gang, han drog i krig, vandt han nye sejre. Da han fik befaling om at drage mod amalekitterne, erklærede han øjeblikkelig krig. Hans stilling blev yderligere styrket ved, at profeten stod på hans side, og da han gav signalet til krig, flokkedes israelitterne om hans fane. Israelitterne skulle ikke føre denne krig for at skaffe sig storhed og ære. De skulle ikke have æren for sejren og måtte heller ikke beholde noget af det bytte, de erobrede fra fjenderne. De skulle kun drage i krig, fordi Gud havde befalet det, og hensigten med felttoget var at fuldbyrde Guds dom over amalekitterne. Det var Guds vilje, at alle nationerne skulle være vidne til, at det folk, som havde trodset hans overhøjhed, blev straffet, og at de skulle lægge mærke til, at straffen blev fuldbyrdet af den nation, som de havde foragtet.

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