1 Samuel 15:11 (GNV)

Passage

It repenteth me that I haue made Saul King: for he is turned from me, and hath not performed my commandements. And Samuel was mooued, and cryed vnto the Lord all night.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the better sheepe, and the oxen, and the fat beasts, and the lambes, and all that was good, and they would not destroy them: but euery thing that was vile and nought worth, that they destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:10 Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Samuel, saying,

1 Samuel 15:11 It repenteth me that I haue made Saul King: for he is turned from me, and hath not performed my commandements. And Samuel was mooued, and cryed vnto the Lord all night.

1 Samuel 15:12 And when Samuel arose early to meete Saul in the morning, one tolde Samuel, saying, Saul is gone to Carmel: and beholde, he hath made him there a place, from whence he returned, and departed, and is gone downe to Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15:13 Then Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said vnto him. Blessed be thou of the Lord, I haue fulfilled the commandement of the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "repenteth", "haue", "saul", "king", "turned", "hath", "performed", and "commandements". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "repenteth" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Then came the worde of the Lord..." into verse 12's "And when Samuel arose early to meete...", so "repenteth" and "haue" 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 "repenteth" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.