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Verse 1 Samuel 12:12. _WHEN YE SAW THAT NAHASH_] This was not the
first time they had demanded a _king_; see before, 1 Samuel 8:5. But
at the crisis mentioned here they became more importunate; and 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 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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YE SAW. Figure of speech _Hysteresis,_ or _Hysterologia_ (App-6), by
which. prior event is recorded later. children-sons....
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_And when ye saw_ As the demand for a king preceded the invasion of
Nahash recorded in ch. 11, the reference must be to earlier inroads,
or to a threatened attack. This reason for desiring a king is h...
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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 WHEN YE SAW THAT NAHASH THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON CAME
AGAINST YOU, YE SAID UNTO ME, NAY; BUT A KING SHALL REIGN OVER US:
WHEN THE LORD YOUR GOD WAS YOUR KING._
No JFB commentary on this...
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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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NAHASH THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON. — It has been suggested,
with great probability, that Nahash and the Ammonites had invaded the
trans-Jordanic territory of Israel in the period immediately pr...
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וַ תִּרְא֗וּ כִּֽי ־נָחָ֞שׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ
בְּנֵֽי ־
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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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And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came
against you, ye said unto me, (g) Nay; but a king shall reign over us:
when the LORD your God [was] your king.
(g) Leaving God to se...
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(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...
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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 WHEN YE SAW THAT NAHASH THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON CAME
AGAINST YOU,.... Or "but yet" k; however, notwithstanding though the
Lord had been so kind and gracious to them, as to raise up judge...
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And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came
against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us:
when the LORD your God [was] your king.
Ver. 12. _Nay; but a king...
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_When ye saw that Nahash came against you_, &c. From this it appears
that Nahash had levied war against them some time before he came
against Jabesh-gilead, as mentioned in the foregoing chapter; and...
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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 when ye saw that Nahash, the king of the children of Ammon, came
against you, who thus had evidently made several raids against the
territory of Israel before his bolder campaign against Jabesh, Y...
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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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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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A KING SHALL REIGN OVER US: SEE POOLE ON "1 SAMUEL 11:1". When the
Lord your God was your king, i.e. when God was your immediate King and
Governor, who was both able and willing to deliver you, if you...
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1 Samuel 12:12 saw H7200 (H8799) Nahash H5176 king H4428 Ammonites
H1121 H5983 came H935 (H8804) said...
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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 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...
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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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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 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel 11:1; 1 Samuel 11:2; 1 Samuel 8:19; 1 Samue
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Your king — That is, when God was your immediate king and governor,
who was both able and willing to deliver you, if you had cried to him,
whereof you and your ancestors have had plentiful experience;...