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 Israel: the age of kingship has begun. But this is neither a retirement ceremony for Samuel nor his last public address; his authority as the prophet who gives the word of God to the king and people of Israel remains powerful (see 1 Samuel 12:18), and he has one more king to anoint (ch. 1 Samuel 16:1).

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