1 Samuel 15:13 (DRB)

Passage

And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said to him: Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 15:11 It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night.

1 Samuel 15:12 And when Samuel rose early, to go to Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel that Saul was come to Carmel, and had erected for himself a triumphant arch, and returning had passed on, and gone down to Galgal. And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord, out of the choicest of the spoils, which he had brought from Amalec.

1 Samuel 15:13 And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said to him: Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:14 And Samuel said: What meaneth then this bleating of the flocks, which soundeth in my ears, and the lowing of the herds, which I hear?

1 Samuel 15:15 And Saul said: They have brought them from Amalec: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, that they might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, but the rest we have slain.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "samuel", "come", "saul", "said", "blessed", "thou", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "samuel" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And when Samuel rose early to go..." into verse 14's "And Samuel said What meaneth then this...", so "samuel" and "come" 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 "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.