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Verse 1 Samuel 12:22. _THE LORD WILL NOT FORSAKE HIS PEOPLE_] He will
not as yet cast you off, though you have deserved it. His purpose in
preserving them in their land and religion was not yet accomp...
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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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WILL NOT FORSAKE. Compare Genesis 28:15.Joshua 1:5. Quoted in Romans
11:1; Romans 11:2.
HIS PEOPLE. a People for Himself....
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_for his great name's sake_ Lest He should seem in the eyes of the
heathen not to be such as He declares Himself to be, Almighty, True,
Faithful. Compare the use of this plea by Moses (Exodus 32:12; N...
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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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_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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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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IT HATH PLEASED THE LORD TO MAKE YOU HIS PEOPLE. — The simple
doctrine of election — as far as we can see, based alone on the
arbitrary will of _God_ (though, no doubt, unseen by us, deep reasons
exis...
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כִּ֠י לֹֽא ־יִטֹּ֤שׁ יְהוָה֙ אֶת
־עַמֹּ֔ו בַּ עֲב֖וּר שְׁמֹ֣ו הַ
גָּדֹ֑ול כִּ֚י הֹואִ֣יל 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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For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake:
because it hath pleased the LORD to make you (n) his people.
(n) Of his free mercy, and not of your merits, and therefore he will
n...
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_Sake. This motive often proved the salvation of Israel, Exodus xxxii.
12. The Scriptures wholly tend to impress upon our minds, a sense of
our own weakness, and of God's infinite glory and perfection...
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(20) And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this
wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the
LORD with all your heart; (21) And turn ye not aside: for th...
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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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FOR THE LORD WILL NOT FORSAKE HIS PEOPLE FOR HIS GREAT NAME'S SAKE.
For the sake of himself, his honour and glory; should he forsake his
people, and suffer them to come to ruin, his name would be blas...
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For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake:
because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Ver. 22. _For the Lord will not forsake his people._] Whatever the
devil a...
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_His name's sake_ That is, for his own honour, which would suffer much
among men, if he should not preserve and deliver his people in
imminent dangers. And this reason God allegeth, to take them off f...
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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 ADMONISHES THE PEOPLE TO STEADFASTNESS...
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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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FOR HIS GREAT NAME'S SAKE, i.e. for his own honour, which would seem
to suffer much among men, if he should not preserve and deliver people
in eminent dangers; as if he were grown feeble, or forgetful...
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1 Samuel 12:22 LORD H3068 forsake H5203 (H8799) people H5971 great
H1419 names H8034 pleased H2974 (H8689) LORD H3068 make H6213 (H8800)
people H5971
the Lord - Deuteronomy 31:17; 1 Kings 6:13;...
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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 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Kings 6:13; 2 Chronicles 15:2;
2 Kings 21:14; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 31:17; Deuteronomy 32:26;
Deuteronomy 32:27;...
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His name's sake — That is, for his own honour, which would suffer
much among men, if he should not preserve and deliver his people in
eminent dangers. And this reason God alledgeth to take them off fr...