You. He speaks with the authority of a prophet, (Calmet) and takes this opportunity to draw from the whole people a confession of his integrity, that the kings might follow the pattern which he had set them. (Haydock)
CHAPTER XII _Samuel, grown old, testifies his integrity before the people,_ _which they confirm_, 1-5. _He reproves them for their ingratitude and disobedience; and_ _gives a summary of the histor...
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
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...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
_I have hearkened unto your voice_ Cp. 1 Samuel 8:7; 1Sa 8:9; 1 Samuel 8:22....
AND SAMUEL SAID UNTO ALL ISRAEL— Saul being now publicly recognised for the king of Israel, Samuel takes the occasion of this solemn meeting to appeal to the people in the presence of their king, in j...
_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...
_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._ Samuel said unto all Israel. The venerable judge, in resigning...
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 ...
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...
AND SAMUEL SAID UNTO ALL ISRAEL. — We believe we possess in this section of our history, in the report the compiler of these memoirs has given us of the dialogue between the judge Samuel and the elder...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל ־כָּל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...
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...
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...
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...
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have (a) hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. (a) I have granted your petition....
(1) В¶ 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, the king walketh before you: and I am...
CONTENTS This Chapter contains the address to Samuel, on the resignation of his government, now Saul is king. He appeals to him concerning, his own integrity, in the administration of justice; brings...
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...
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...
AND SAMUEL SAID UNTO ALL ISRAEL,.... When assembled at Gilgal, after they had recognized Saul as their king, and he was established in the kingdom, and while in the midst of their mirth and joy: BEHO...
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. Ver. 1. _And Samuel said unto all Israel_] In this most excellent...
_Samuel said unto all Israel_ While they were assembled together in Gilgal. And this is another instance of Samuel's great wisdom and integrity. He would not reprove the people for their sin, in desir...
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...
SAMUEL PROTESTS HIS INTEGRITY...
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. "His listening to the voice of the people was based on the repeate...
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...
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...
1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 12. Samuel having appointed a king unto the people, testifieth his own integrity, to which they witness, 1 SAMUEL 12:1. He setteth before them the sins of their ancestors, and their o...
1 Samuel 12:1-25:1 Samuel H8050 said H559 (H8799) Israel H3478 heeded H8085 (H8804) voice H6963 said H559 ...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Samuel 11:14; 1 Samuel 11:15;...
Said — While they were assembled together in Gilgal. And this is another instance of Samuel's great wisdom and integrity. He would not reprove the people for their sin, in desiring a king, whilst Saul...