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Verse 1 Samuel 12:16. _THIS GREAT THING_] This unusual occurrence....
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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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DISCOURSE: 293
THE ISRAELITES’ REJECTION OF SAMUEL REPROVED
1 Samuel 12:16. Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which
the Lord will do before your eyes. Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I
wil...
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NOW, THEREFORE, STAND AND SEE, &C.— Rain _indiscriminately_ in the
_winter_ months, and _none at all_ in the _summer,_ is what is most
common in the East; so it is at Aleppo, and about Algiers: and so...
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_Samuel Rebukes the People._ 1 Samuel 12:16-25
16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will
do before your eyes.
17 _Is it_ not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the Lord,...
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_NOW THEREFORE STAND AND SEE THIS GREAT THING, WHICH THE LORD WILL DO
BEFORE YOUR EYES._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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THIS GREAT THING, WHICH THE LORD WILL DO. — Then, to give greater
emphasis to his warning words, Samuel adds: “O, ye elders, stand
forth. I will show you by means of a Voice from heaven that this very...
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גַּם ־עַתָּה֙ הִתְיַצְּב֣וּ וּ רְא֔וּ
אֶת ־הַ דָּבָ֥ר הַ גָּדֹ֖ול הַ זֶּ֑ה
אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה...
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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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(16) В¶ Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD
will do before your eyes. (17) Is it not wheat harvest today? I will
call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that y...
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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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NOW THEREFORE STAND,.... Which does not so much respect the position
of their bodies as the fixed attention of their minds:
AND SEE THIS GREAT THING WHICH THE LORD WILL DO BEFORE YOUR EYES;
meaning t...
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Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do
before your eyes.
Ver. 16. _Now therefore stand and see._] He had bidden them before
Stand and hear, 1Sa 12:7 now, Stand and see:...
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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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Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing, a miracle in
confirmation of Samuel's reproof and admonition, WHICH THE LORD WILL
DO BEFORE YOUR EYES. This they were to experience at once, even now....
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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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16-25 At Samuel's word, God sent thunder and rain, at a season of the
year when, in that country, the like was not seen. This was to
convince them they had done wickedly in asking a king; not only by...
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By standing he intends not the posture of their bodies, but the
consistency of their minds, by serious and fixed consideration....
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1 Samuel 12:16 therefore H1571 stand H3320 (H8690) see H7200 (H8798)
great H1419 thing H1697 LORD H3068 do H6213 (H8802) eyes H5869
stand - 1 Samuel 12:7, 1 Samuel 15:16; Exodus 14:13,...
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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 12:7; 1 Samuel 15:16; Exodus 14:13; Exodus 14:31...