1 Samuel 15:31 (ASV)

Passage

So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Jehovah.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.

1 Samuel 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah thy God.

1 Samuel 15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Jehovah.

1 Samuel 15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "samuel", "turned", "again", "after", "saul", "worshipped", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "samuel" and "turned", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "Then he said I have sinned yet..." into verse 32's "Then said Samuel Bring ye hither to...", so "samuel" and "turned" belong inside that flow. In 1 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "samuel" and "turned" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.