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5. SAMUEL'S WITNESS AND WARNING
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. His witness to his own integrity (1 Samuel 12:1)_
2. His warning (1 Samuel 12:6)
3. Heaven's answer (1 Samuel 12:16)
4. His words of comfort (1 Sam...
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1 SAMUEL 12. SAMUEL'S FAREWELL. From the Deuteronomic document, where
it separated the two clauses of 1 Samuel 10:25, which see.
1 SAMUEL 12:1_ A_ (to witness). In response to a solemn adjuration
fr...
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AS, &c. Septuagint reads "and against your king"....
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_as it was against your fathers_ As set forth in 1 Samuel 12:9. The
Sept. however reads, "and against your king," which offers a more
complete parallel to 1 Samuel 12:14. Cp. 1 Samuel 12:25....
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_Israel's History Reviewed._ 1 Samuel 12:6-15
6 And Samuel said unto the people, _It is_ the Lord that advanced
Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of
Egypt.
7 Now there...
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_BUT IF YE WILL NOT OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD, BUT REBEL AGAINST THE
COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD, THEN SHALL THE HAND OF THE LORD BE AGAINST
YOU, AS IT WAS AGAINST YOUR FATHERS._
But if ye will not obey...
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12:15 commandment (b-18) Lit. 'mouth.'...
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SAMUEL RESIGNS HIS JUDGESHIP
This chapter is a continuation of 1 Samuel 10:17, and the scene of the
events recorded is the great national assembly at Mizpeh. Notice,
however, the reference to Nahash...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 12
SAMUEL SPEAKS TO ALL THE *ISRAELITES FOR THE LAST TIME
V1 Samuel said to all the *Israelites, ‘I have done everything that
you wanted me t...
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BUT IF YE WILL NOT OBEY. — The English translation here, with
several of the versions, accurately and happily understands the Hebrew
in the sense of “as:” “as it was against your fathers.” Rabbi
D. Ki...
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וְ אִם ־לֹ֤א תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ בְּ קֹ֣ול
יְהוָ֔ה וּ מְרִיתֶ֖ם אֶת ־פִּ֣י
יְהוָ֑ה וְ הָיְתָ֧ה...
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CHAPTER XVII.
_ SAMUEL'S DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE._
1 Samuel 12:6.
2. HAVING vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this
chapter, 1 Samuel 12:1), Samuel now proceeds to his second point, a...
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HIS WARNING CONFIRMED FROM HEAVEN
1 Samuel 12:14
Having handed his office over to Saul, who henceforth was to shepherd
and lead the Chosen People, Samuel assured them that the Lord would
not forsake...
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At the confirmation of the king appointed by God by the consent of the
nation, Samuel delivered what was practically his last address to
them.
It was of the nature of a farewell message, in which was...
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But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the
commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against
you, as [it was] against your (i) fathers.
(i) Meaning, the go...
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CHAPTER XII.
_ Fathers. Septuagint, "king," ver. 25. Superiors (Worthington) are
often styled fathers. Syriac, &c., "as upon your fathers," (Calmet)
which is adopted by the Protestants, "as it was ag...
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(8) When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the
LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your
fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. (9) And...
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We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the
people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in
Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
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Samuel (chap. 12) receives the people's testimony to his fidelity. He
sets before them the ways of God towards them, their ingratitude and
foolishness in having asked for a king and rejected God. Neve...
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BUT IF YE WILL NOT OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD, BUT REBEL AGAINST THE
COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD,.... They and their king, by sinning,
disregarding his precepts, both affirmative and negative:
THEN SHALL...
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But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the
commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against
you, as [it was] against your fathers.
Ver. 15. _There shall t...
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1 Sam. 12:15. There is in this and the foregoing verse an opposition
between _being after the Lord, _ as in the foregoing, - _i.e., _
having God going before them and leading them as their Captain and...
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_As it was against your fathers_ Who lived under the judges; and you
shall have no advantage by the change of government, nor shall your
kings be able to protect you against God's displeasure. We mist...
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1 Samuel testifieth his integritie.
6 Hee reprooueth the people of ingratitude.
16 He terrifieth them with thunder in haruest time.
20 He comforteth them in Gods mercy.
1 AND Samuel saide vnto all...
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SAMUEL PROTESTS HIS INTEGRITY...
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This chapter intervenes in the history as a solemn reproof to Israel
and a warning of the dangers to which they had exposed themselves by
asking for a king The voice of the prophet is not to be put in...
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6-15 The work of ministers is to reason with people; not only to
exhort and direct, but to persuade, to convince men's judgments, and
so to gain their wills and affections. Samuel reasons of the right...
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Who lived under the judges; and you shall have no advantage in that
point by the change of government, nor shall your kings be able to
protect you against God's displeasure....
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1 Samuel 12:15 obey H8085 (H8799) voice H6963 LORD H3068 rebel H4784
(H8804) commandment H6310 LORD H3068 hand H3027 LORD H3068 fathers H1
But if ye - Leviticus 26:14-30; Deuteronomy 28:15-68; Joshua...
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SAMUEL THEN STRESSES THAT YHWH HAS GRACIOUSLY GIVEN THEM THEIR DESIRE
AND CALLS ON THEM TO RESPOND IN LIKE MANNER (1 SAMUEL 12:13).
Samuel now stresses that, in spite of their attitude towards Him, i...
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CONTENTS: Samuel's proclamation of the kingdom. Deliverances of God
rehearsed. The sign of thunder and rain.
CHARACTERS: God, Samuel.
CONCLUSION: Religion has reason on its side (1 Samuel 12:7) whic...
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1 Samuel 12:2. _I am old and grey-headed._ Some think Samuel was now
seventy three or eighty years of age; others think he was but sixty
three. Usher's chronology is much embarrassed here.
1 Samuel 1...
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_And Samuel maid unto the people._
SAMUEL’S DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE
Having vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this chapter),
Samuel now proceeds to his second point, and takes the peop...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 12:1 The setting of this address is not
clear, though it was probably a different occasion than ch. 1 Samuel
11:1. From now on, Samuel will no longer be the judge of all Isra...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
1 Samuel 12:1. “AND SAMUEL SAID,” etc. “The time and place of
the following address are not given, but it is evident from the
connection with the preceding chapter, and...
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EXPOSITION
SAMUEL'S EXHORTATION TO THE PEOPLE AT GILGAL. This speech of Samuel is
not to be regarded as a farewell address made upon his resignation of
his office; for though a new power had been intr...
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Now in the twelfth chapter Samuel is now sort of stepping down because
they have now proclaimed the king. So his career as the judge over
Israel has pretty much come to an end, as the reigns of govern...
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1 Samuel 12:9; Deuteronomy 28:15; Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 3:11; Joshua
24:20; Leviticus 26:14; Romans 2:8; Romans 2:9...
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Your fathers — Who lived under the judges; and you shall have no
advantage by the change of government, nor shall your kings be able to
protect you against God's displeasure. The mistake, if we think...