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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Samuel 12:14

If ye will fear the Lord, and serve Him, and obey His voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, for He was still the highest Ruler in the nation and intended to have His government acknowledged without question, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following after the Lord, your God. This is really in the nature of a most emphatic wish and prayer, that they might never cease holding to the Lord with all their hearts.

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See also 1 Samuel 12:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 12:14. _IF YE WILL FEAR THE LORD, C._] On condition that ye rebel no more, God will take you and your king under his merciful protection, and he and his kingdom shall be confirmed and _...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _If ye will fear_, &c. Better, " IF YE WILL FEAR JEHOVAH, AND SERVE HIM, AND OBEY HIS VOICE, AND NOT REBEL AGAINST THE COMMANDMENT OF JEHOVAH, AND BOTH YE AND ALSO THE KING WHO REIGNETH OVER YOU CONTI...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _IF YE WILL FEAR THE LORD, AND SERVE HIM, AND OBEY HIS VOICE, AND NOT REBEL AGAINST THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD, THEN SHALL BOTH YE AND ALSO THE KING THAT REIGNETH OVER YOU CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE LORD...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:14 commandment (b-18) Lit. 'mouth.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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 ...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RV 'If ye will fear.. and serve him, and hearken.. and be.. followers.. _well.'_...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IF YE WILL FEAR THE LORD... — The English Version has missed the point of the original Hebrew of this passage. It should run, “If ye will fear the Lord, &c.,... and if both ye and the king that reigne...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אִם ־תִּֽירְא֣וּ אֶת ־יְהוָ֗ה וַ עֲבַדְתֶּ֤ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue (h) following the L...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Of the Lord, causing him to look upon you and treat you with indignation. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "and do not contend with the mouth," or against the orders of the Lord, which cannot fail to excite...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    IF YE WILL FEAR THE LORD, AND SERVE HIM, AND OBEY HIS VOICE,.... All worship and service of God, and obedience to his word and ordinances, should spring from fear and reverence of him; and therefore t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then_, &c. Hebrew, _then shall ye be_ (that is, walk, or go) _after the Lord;_ that is, God shall still go before you, as he hath hitherto done, as your leader or governor, to direct, protect, and de...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    COMMANDMENT: _ Heb._ mouth CONTINUE: _ Heb._ be after...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 righ...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    _ Heb. Then shall ye be_ (i.e. walk, or go) _after the Lord_, i.e. God shall still go before you, as he hath hitherto done, as your Leader or Governor, to direct, protect, and deliver you; and he will...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 12:14 fear H3372 (H8799) LORD H3068 serve H5647 (H8804) obey H8085 (H8804) voice H6963 rebel...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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, it...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Continue following the Lord your God._ CONTINUITY IN SERVICE It has been said that one reason (perhaps the chief one) why the late Emperor of Brazil was dethroned by his own subjects, was because he...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And when they forgot the Lord their God he sold them into the hand of Sisera._ NATIONAL JUDGMENTS THE CONSEQUENCE OF NATIONAL SINS Let us learn from this transaction the important lesson, that natio...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 12:14 No KING in Israel is exempt from obeying the Lord’s commandments. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 28:1; Isaiah 3:10; Joshua 24:14; Joshua 24:20; Lev

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Then, &c. — Heb. then shall — ye — be, (that is, walk, or go) after the Lord; that is, God shall still go before you, as he hath hitherto done, as your leader or governor, to direct, protect, and deli...

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