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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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_It is the Lord_ Or, YEA JEHOVAH [IS WITNESS]. This verse forms the
transition to what follows. Samuel proceeds to identify Jehovah, to
whom they were now appealing as witness, with the God who brough...
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_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...
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_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._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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_It is_ THE LORD] LXX reads' the LORD is witness.' ADVANCED] RV
'appointed,' i.e. made them the leaders of Israel....
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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 IS THE LORD THAT ADVANCED MOSES AND AARON. — The Hebrew should be
rendered, “even the Eternal that advanced Moses and Aaron.” The
elders of Israel (1 Samuel 12:5) had with one consent cried out, in...
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וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל אֶל ־הָ עָ֑ם
יְהוָ֗ה
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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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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.” Yes...
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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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_Made, and appointed them to rule the people, Jeremias xxxvii. 15. (Le
Clerc) --- Egypt. Septuagint add, "is witness;" and some Latin copies
have, "is present." (Calmet)_...
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(6) В¶ 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 therefore stand still, that I may reason with 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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AND SAMUEL SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE,.... Having cleared and established
his own character, he proceeds to lay before the people some of the
great things God had done for them formerly, and quite down to t...
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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.
Ver. 6. _It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron._] He...
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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 Samuel, in order to have the people realize still more deeply
their ingratitude in rejecting a government which they themselves
acknowledged as having been so praiseworthy, SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE, I...
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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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ADVANCED:
Or, made...
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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...
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That for your sakes raised, constituted, and exalted Moses and Aaron
to that great power and reputation which they had, and used, to
deliver you....
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1 Samuel 12:6 Samuel H8050 said H559 (H8799) people H5971 LORD H3068
up H6213 (H8804) Moses H4872 Aaron...
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SAMUEL FIRST BRIEFLY RECOUNTS THE HISTORY OF YHWH'S GOODNESS IN
APPOINTING DELIVERERS IN ORDER TO DELIVER THEM (THE WAY IN WHICH HE
HAS CHOSEN TO RULE THEM), AND YET EVEN THEN THEY HAVE CONTINUALLY
FA...
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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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_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 12:3 Samuel asks the people to TESTIFY to
his honorable behavior as a judge, in contrast to that of his sons
(see 1 Samuel 8:3)....
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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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Exodus 6:26; Hosea 12:13; Isaiah 63:7; Micah 6:4; Nehemiah 9:9;...