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Verse 1 Samuel 12:3. _WITNESS AGAINST ME_] Did ever a minister of
state, in any part of the world, resign his office with so much
self-consciousness of integrity, backed with the universal approbatio...
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HIS ANOINTED - i. e., king Saul. The title Messiah, Χριστὸς
_Christos_, unctus, or anointed, had been given to the High Priests
(Leviticus 4:3 : compare also 1 Samuel 2:10, 1 Samuel 2:35); but this
i...
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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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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
WHOM. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "or whom",
thus preserving the Figure of speech _Paradiastole_ (App-6) throughout
verses: 1 Samuel 12:1...
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_Behold, here I am_ Samuel puts himself on his trial. The people are
to be the accusers: Jehovah, and His representative Saul are the
judges.
_before his anointed_ The title "the anointed of Jehovah...
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_Samuel Reviews His Career._ 1 Samuel 12:1-5
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your
voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
2 And now, behold, t...
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_BEHOLD, HERE I AM: WITNESS AGAINST ME BEFORE THE LORD, AND BEFORE HIS
ANOINTED: WHOSE OX HAVE I TAKEN? OR WHOSE ASS HAVE I TAKEN? OR WHOM
HAVE I DEFRAUDED? WHOM HAVE I OPPRESSED? OR OF WHOSE HAND HAV...
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12:3 ransom (b-41) Or 'payment,' 'bribe.'...
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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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BEHOLD, HERE I AM: WITNESS AGAINST ME BEFORE THE LORD, AND BEFORE HIS
ANOINTED. — I speak in a solemn presence, _“_before the
Eternal,” went on the old man, looking up heavenward, “and before
His anoi...
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הִנְנִ֣י עֲנ֣וּ בִי֩ נֶ֨גֶד יְהוָ֜ה
וְ נֶ֣גֶד מְשִׁיחֹ֗ו אֶת ־שֹׁור֩ ׀
מִ֨י לָקַ֜חְתִּי וַ חֲמֹ֧ור...
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CHAPTER XVI.
_ SAMUEL'S VINDICATION OF HIMSELF._
1 Samuel 12:1.
IT was a different audience that Samuel had to address at Gilgal from
either that which came to him to Ram ah to ask for a king, or th...
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SAMUEL'S LAST MESSAGE TO ISRAEL
1 Samuel 12:1
An end must come to the longest and most useful service. “Before his
long sleep Samuel made protestation of his innocence before God and
the people.” Ye...
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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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Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before
his anointed: (c) whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or
whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose han...
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_Anointed, "Christ," as the anointing of kings prefigured that of the
Messias, which, in Hebrew, has the same import as the word Greek:
christos has in Greek. (Calmet) --- Wronged. Literally, "by calu...
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(3) Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before
his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or
whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand...
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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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BEHOLD, HERE I AM,.... No longer the supreme governor, but a subject,
and accountable for any misdemeanour charged upon me, and to which I
am ready to give answer, being now at your bar to be tried an...
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Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before
his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or
whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand ha...
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_Behold, here I am_ I here present myself before the Lord, and before
your king, ready to give an account of all my administrations. And
this protestation Samuel makes of his integrity, not out of
ost...
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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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BRIBE:
_ Heb._ ransom
TO BLIND MINE EYES:
Or, that I should hide mine eyes at at him [typo. Verified in 1611
scan]...
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1-5 Samuel not only cleared his own character, but set an example
before Saul, while he showed the people their ingratitude to God and
to himself. There is a just debt which all men to their own good...
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WITNESS AGAINST ME; I here present myself before the Lord, and before
your king, being ready to give an account of all my administrations,
and to make satisfaction for any injuries that I have done. A...
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1 Samuel 12:3 Witness H6030 (H8798) LORD H3068 anointed H4899 ox H7794
taken H3947 (H8804) donkey H2543 taken H3947 (H8804) cheated H6231
(H8804) oppressed H7533 (H8804) hand H3027 bribe H3724 blind H...
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SAMUEL MAKES A CLEAN BREAK FROM HIS CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES (1 SAMUEL
12:1).
In his farewell speech Samuel begins by making clear that he is now
free from all civil responsibility for Israel. He wants...
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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 said unto all Israel._
A STATESMAN’S RETROSPECT
The closing years in the life of Samuel, the last and greatest of the
judges, witnessed a transition in the method of governing the nation...
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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 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 12:5; 1 Samuel 24:6; 1
Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 2 Corinthians 12:14; 2 Samuel
1:14; Acts 20:33;...
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Behold — I here present myself before the Lord, and before your
king, ready to give an account of all my administrations. And this
protestation Samuel makes of his integrity, not out of ostentation;
b...