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Verse 1 Samuel 12:17. _IS IT NOT WHEAT HARVEST TO-DAY?_] That is,
This is the _time of wheat harvest_. According to St. Jerome, who
spent several years in the promised land, this harvest commenced ab...
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WHEAT HARVEST - Between May 15 and June 15. Jerome’s testimony (that
of an eye-witness) “I have never seen rain in the end of June, or in
July, in Judaea” is borne out by modern travelers....
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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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SEND. It had to be sent, for rain in harvest was most exceptional; and
would be regarded as sent in judgment. Compare Proverbs 26:1.
WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _raa '._ App-44....
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_he shall send thunder and rain_ "In ordinary seasons from the
cessation of the showers in spring [about the end of April] until
their commencement in October or November, rain never falls, and the
sk...
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DISCOURSE: 293
THE ISRAELITES’ REJECTION OF SAMUEL REPROVED
1 Samuel 12:16. Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which
the Lord will do before your eyes. Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I
wil...
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NOW, THEREFORE, STAND AND SEE, &C.— Rain _indiscriminately_ in the
_winter_ months, and _none at all_ in the _summer,_ is what is most
common in the East; so it is at Aleppo, and about Algiers: and so...
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_Samuel Rebukes the People._ 1 Samuel 12:16-25
16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will
do before your eyes.
17 _Is it_ not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the Lord,...
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_IS IT NOT WHEAT HARVEST TO DAY? I WILL CALL UNTO THE LORD, AND HE
SHALL SEND THUNDER AND RAIN; THAT YE MAY PERCEIVE AND SEE THAT YOUR
WICKEDNESS IS GREAT, WHICH YE HAVE DONE IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD,...
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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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WHEAT HARVEST] This shows that this occurred between the middle of May
and the middle of June. In Palestine a summer thunderstorm is very
unusual: cp. Proverbs 21:1. Prof. G. A. Smith writes: 'In May...
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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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IS IT NOT WHEAT HARVEST DAY? — The Canaan wheat harvest is between
the middle of May and the middle of June. Rain in that season seldom
or never falls, but if it does it is usually severe. This is the...
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הֲ לֹ֤וא קְצִיר ־חִטִּים֙ הַ יֹּ֔ום
אֶקְרָא֙
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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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HIS WARNING CONFIRMED FROM HEAVEN
1 Samuel 12:14
Having handed his office over to Saul, who henceforth was to shepherd
and lead the Chosen People, Samuel assured them that the Lord would
not forsake...
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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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[Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he
shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your
wickedness [is] (k) great, which ye have done in the sight of th...
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Wheat-harvest. At which time of the year it never thunders or rains in
those countries. (Challoner) --- The wheat-harvest is towards the end
of June. The usual seasons for rain are only spring and aut...
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(16) В¶ Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD
will do before your eyes. (17) Is it not wheat harvest today? I will
call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that 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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IS IT NOT WHEAT HARVEST TODAY?.... Of the time of wheat harvest, 1
Samuel 6:13. Rain usually fell in Judea only twice a year, called the
former and the latter rain; and from the seventeenth of Nisan o...
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1 Samuel 12:17 [Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the
LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see
that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the...
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_Is it not wheat-harvest to-day?_ At which time it was a rare thing in
those parts to have thunder or rain; the weather being more constant
in its seasons than it is with us, and the rain being wont t...
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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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Is it not wheat-harvest today, the season at which rain was most
unusual? I WILL CALL UNTO THE LORD, AND HE SHALL SEND THUNDER AND
RAIN, THAT YE MAY PERCEIVE AND SEE, by this sign, so distinctly at
va...
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SAMUEL ADMONISHES THE PEOPLE TO STEADFASTNESS...
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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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16-25 At Samuel's word, God sent thunder and rain, at a season of the
year when, in that country, the like was not seen. This was to
convince them they had done wickedly in asking a king; not only by...
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AT WHEAT HARVEST it was a rare thing in those parts to have thunder or
rain, as the Scripture oft implies; and St. Jerome affirms, who was an
eye-witness of it; the weather being more constant and cer...
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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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_I will call unto the Lord, and He will send thunder end rain._
THE POWER OF PRAYER
The evidence of history to the truth is most invaluable. It makes an
appeal to the judgment which can be readily ap...
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_Now, therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen._
SAMUEL’S FAREWELL ADDRESS
I. One could hardly fail to note what is here taught respecting the
condition of true prosperity. Samuel plainly tells...
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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 7:10; 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Samuel 8:7; James 5:16; Jeremiah 15:1;...
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Wheat — harvest — At which time it was a rare thing in those parts
to have thunder or rain; the weather being more constant in its
seasons there, than it is with us. Rain — That you may understand
tha...