And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
Saul came to a city of Amalek and laid wait in the valley as he carried out the campaign God had commanded. That campaign was the execution of God's long-delayed sentence of judgment against Amalek. It was required because Amalek had attacked Israel in the wilderness and had continued in rebellion and idolatry. In it God required Saul to execute justice by destroying the Amalekites.
Saul's attack did not fully obey that command, for he spared Agag and the best of the animals. He left the commanded destruction incomplete and failed to finish the work given him. That failure to complete the work kindled God's wrath.
Saul came to a city of Amalek and laid wait in the valley as he carried out the campaign God had commanded. That campaign was the execution of God's long-delayed sentence of judgment against Amalek. It was required because Amalek had attacked Israel in the wilderness and had continued in rebellion and idolatry. In it God required Saul to execute justice by destroying the Amalekites.
Saul's attack did not fully obey that command, for he spared Agag and the best of the animals. He left the commanded destruction incomplete and failed to finish the work given him. That failure to complete the work kindled God's wrath.