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Verse 1 Samuel 12:9. _THE HAND OF SISERA_] See these transactions in
the book of Judges, as marked in the margin; and see the notes on
those passages. Judges 4:2 (note)...
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According to the present arrangement of the Book of Judges, and the
common chronology, the oppression of Sisera must have occurred about
200 years after the entrance into Canaan. But Samuel here place...
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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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GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4.
OF HAZOR. Septuagint reads "of Jabin king of"....
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_he sold them_ God's abandonment of His people to their enemies is
described under the figure of _sale_, just as the deliverance of them
is called _redemption_or buying back. Cp. Judges 2:14; Judges 3...
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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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_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._
No JFB co...
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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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INTO THE HAND OF SISERA] see Judges 4.
INTO THE HAND OF THE KING OF MOAB] see Judges 3....
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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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AND WHEN THEY FORGOT THE LORD THEIR GOD. — The idolatry of Israel,
and the immorality and shame less wickedness which ever attended it,
was simply an act of rebellion against the pure government of th...
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וַֽ יִּשְׁכְּח֖וּ אֶת ־יְהוָ֣ה
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם וַ...
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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 they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of
Sisera, (e) captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the
Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they f...
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_Hasor. See Judges iv. 1. --- Moab. Jephte delivered the people from
the hands of the Ammonites, who claimed all that country, Judges xi.
15. Eglon had been slain by Aod, before the Chanaanites enslav...
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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 THEY FORGAT THE LORD THEIR GOD,.... The worship of the Lord
their God, as the Targum; that is, they fell into idolatry, which is a
plain instance and proof of forgetfulness of God; for such t...
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And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of
Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the
Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fough...
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_They forgat the Lord_ That is, they revolted from him, and carried
themselves as if they had wholly forgotten his innumerable favours.
This he says to answer an objection, that the reason why they de...
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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 they forgat the Lord, their God, in deliberate unfaithfulness
and defection to the covenant, HE SOLD THEM INTO THE HAND OF SISERA,
CAPTAIN OF THE HOST OF HAZOR, Judges 4:2, AND INTO THE HAND...
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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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THEY FORGAT THE LORD, i.e. they revolted from him, as it is explained,
1 SAMUEL 12:10, and carried themselves as ungratefully and unworthily
towards God, as if they had wholly forgotten his great and...
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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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Deuteronomy 32:18; Deuteronomy 32:30; Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 50:2;...
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Forgat — That is, they revolted from him, and carried themselves, as
if they had wholly forgotten his innumerable favours. This he saith to
answer an objection, that the reason why they desired a king...