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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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_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...
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_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, THE LORD IS WITNESS AGAINST YOU, AND HIS
ANOINTED IS WITNESS THIS DAY, THAT YE HAVE NOT FOUND OUGHT IN MY HAND.
AND THEY ANSWERED, HE IS WITNESS._
The Lord is witness against...
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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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THE LORD IS WITNESS. — Then Samuel again, with increased solemnity,
called the Eternal in the heavens above and His anointed king then
standing by his side to witness what the people had just acknowle...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם עֵ֧ד יְהוָ֣ה
בָּכֶ֗ם וְ
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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...
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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 he said unto them, The LORD [is] witness against you, and his (d)
anointed [is] witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my
hand. And they answered, [He is] witness.
(d) Your King, who i...
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(5) And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his
anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand.
And they answered, He is witness.
It was well that the people...
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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 HE SAID UNTO THEM, THE LORD IS WITNESS AGAINST YOU, AND HIS
ANOINTED IS WITNESS THIS DAY,.... Should they hereafter reproach and
vilify him, and charge him with any acts of corruption, injustice,...
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_The Lord is witness_ There cannot be a stronger or more amiable
picture of integrity than we have in this speech of Samuel. Who can
read it without feeling his heart touched with admiration of his
ch...
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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 he said unto them, his intention being to give to their
testimonial the support of a solemn declaration before the Lord, THE
LORD IS WITNESS AGAINST YOU, AND HIS ANOINTED IS WITNESS THIS DAY,
THAT...
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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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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...
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THE LORD IS WITNESS AGAINST YOU, to wit, if you shall at any time
hereafter reproach my government or memory. Or rather, _against you_,
that I gave you no cause to be weary of God's government of you...
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1 Samuel 12:5 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 witness H5707 anointed
H4899 witness H5707 day H3117 found H4672 ...
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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...
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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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_Behold, here I am, witness against me._
AD MAGISTRATUM
A bold and just challenge of an old judge, made before all the people,
upon his resignal of the government into the hands of a new king. In
whi...
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_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...
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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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1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Samuel 26:9; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Acts 23:9;...