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Verse 1 Samuel 12:21. _AFTER VAIN THINGS_] That is, _idols_; which he
calls here התהו _hattohu_, the same expression found Genesis 1:2.
_The earth was_ תהו tohu; it was _waste, empty_, and _formless:...
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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 co
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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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_for_then should ye GO _after vain things_ The word "for" necessitates
the insertion of a verb to complete the sentence. But it is expressed
in none of the ancient versions, and the sense gains by its...
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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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_1 SAMUEL 12:21_, &C. _VAIN THINGS, WHICH CANNOT PROFIT_— Samuel in
these gentle terms dissuades them from idolatry, the practice of which
was as useless to themselves as it was disgraceful to God. We...
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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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12:21 things (c-12) vain. (c-21) Lit. 'emptiness.' see Isaiah 40:17 ,
&c....
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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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FOR] The first 'for' in this v. is rightly omitted by LXX. 'And turn
ye not aside after vain things which,' etc. VAIN _things'_] i.e.
idols....
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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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FOR THEN SHOULD YE GO AFTER VAIN THINGS. — The passage is more
forcible without the “for” and the words in italics supplied in
the English translation. The verse without it would run thus: “Turn
ye no...
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וְ לֹ֖א תָּס֑וּרוּ כִּ֣י ׀ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַ
תֹּ֗הו
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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, an...
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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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(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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AND TURN YE NOT ASIDE,.... From his worship: for then; if they turned
aside from that:
SHOULD YE GO AFTER VAIN THINGS; idols, which are vanity, and less than
vanity:
WHICH CANNOT PROFIT NOR DELIVER;...
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And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things],
which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.
Ver. 21. _And turn ye not aside._] To idols, or other of the devil's
anodynes...
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_The Lord thy God_ Whom thou hast so great an interest in, while we
are ashamed and afraid to call him our God. _Fear not_ With a
desponding fear, as if there are no hope left for you. _But turn not
y...
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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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and turn ye not aside, after idolatrous vanities which were bound to
bring harm; FOR THEN SHOULD YE GO AFTER VAIN THINGS WHICH CANNOT
PROFIT NOR DELIVER; FOR THEY ARE VAIN. The reference is to the ido...
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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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TURN YE NOT ASIDE, to wit, after idols; as they had often done before;
and, notwithstanding this warning, did afterwards. SHOULD YE GO, or,
_should ye turn aside_; which words are easily to be underst...
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1 Samuel 12:21 aside H5493 (H8799) after H310 things H8414 profit
H3276 (H8686) deliver H5337 (H8686) nothing...
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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 12...
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_Turn ye not aside._
POINTS OF DEPARTURE
Samuel assumes that the true path was clear before Israel; it knew its
calling and destiny. To love God alone and to serve Him was the simple
royal pathway. A...
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_And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not._
DANGER OR DESPONDENCY
It is, I believe, no very unusual thing, however unwilling we may be
to avow it, for persons to give way to a kind of despair, when...
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_Now, therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen._
SAMUEL’S FAREWELL ADDRESS
I. One could hardly fail to note what is here taught respecting the
condition of true prosperity. Samuel plainly tells...
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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 peopl...
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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 Is
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 12:21 EMPTY THINGS. Worthless idols. Those
who trust in them receive only emptiness in return.
⇐...
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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 Corinthians 8:4; Deuteronomy 32:21; Habakkuk 2:18; Isaiah 41:23;...
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Turn aside — After idols; as they had often done before; and,
notwithstanding this warning, did afterwards. Vain things — So idols
are called, Deuteronomy 32:21; Jeremiah 2:5, and so they are, being
m...