1 Samuel 15:16 (GNV)

Passage

Againe Samuel saide to Saul, Let me tell thee what the Lord hath saide to me this night. And he said vnto him, Say on.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 15:14 But Samuel saide, What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?

1 Samuel 15:15 And Saul answered, They haue brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheepe, and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lord thy God, and the remnant haue we destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:16 Againe Samuel saide to Saul, Let me tell thee what the Lord hath saide to me this night. And he said vnto him, Say on.

1 Samuel 15:17 Then Samuel saide, When thou wast litle in thine owne sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord anointed thee King ouer Israel.

1 Samuel 15:18 And the Lord sent thee on a iourney, and saide, Goe, and destroy those sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them, vntill thou destroy them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "againe", "samuel", "saide", "saul", "tell", "thee", "lord", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "againe" and "samuel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And Saul answered They haue brought them..." into verse 17's "Then Samuel saide When thou wast litle...", so "againe" and "samuel" 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 "againe" and "samuel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.