1 Samuel 15:31 (DRB)

Passage

So Samuel turned again after Saul: and Saul adored the Lord.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 15:29 But the triumpher in Israel will not spare, and will not be moved to repentance: for he is not a man that he should repent.

1 Samuel 15:30 Then he said: I have sinned: yet honour me now before the ancients of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord thy God.

1 Samuel 15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul: and Saul adored the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:32 And Samuel said: Bring hither to me Agag, the king of Amalec. And Agag was presented to him very fat, and trembling. And Agag said: Doth bitter death separate in this manner?

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 him in pieces before the Lord in Galgal.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "samuel", "turned", "again", "after", "saul", "adored", and "lord". 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 "And Samuel said Bring hither to me...", 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.