撒母耳记上 12:2

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

現在，有這王領導你們。至於我，我已經年老髮白，我的兒子也都在你們那裡；我自幼年直到今日都領導你們。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
现 在 有 这 王 在 你 们 前 面 行 。 我 已 年 老 发 白 ， 我 的 儿 子 都 在 你 们 这 里 。 我 从 幼 年 直 到 今 日 都 在 你 们 前 面 行 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Samuel said to all Israel, "I have done everything you wanted me to do and have put a king over you. ² Now you have a king to lead you. I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader since I was young. ³ Here I am. If I have done anything wrong, you must testify against me before the Lord and his appointed king. Did I steal anyone's ox or donkey? Did I hurt or cheat anyone? Did I ever secretly accept money to pretend not to see something wrong? If I did any of these things, I will make it right." ⁴ The Israelites answered, "You have not cheated us, or hurt us, or taken anything unfairly from anyone." ⁵ Samuel said to them, "The Lord is a witness to what you have said. His appointed king is also a witness today that you did not find anything wrong in me." "He is our witness," they said.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

walketh: 1 Samuel 8:20, Numbers 27:17

I am old: 1 Samuel 8:1, 1 Samuel 8:5, Psalms 71:18, Isaiah 46:3, Isaiah 46:4, 2 Timothy 4:6, 2 Peter 1:14

my sons: 1 Samuel 2:22, 1 Samuel 2:29, 1 Samuel 3:13, 1 Samuel 3:16, 1 Samuel 8:3

I have walked: 1 Samuel 3:19, 1 Samuel 3:20

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:47 - Ammon Job 23:11 - My foot Psalms 26:11 - I will Proverbs 16:31 - if Proverbs 22:6 - when Isaiah 1:26 - And I will

Cross-References

Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and I will place a curse on those who harm you. And all the people on earth will be blessed through you."

Genesis 12:4
So Abram left Haran as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. At this time Abram was 75 years old.

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through that land as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.

Genesis 12:8
Then he traveled from Shechem to the mountain east of Bethel and set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. There Abram built another altar to the Lord and worshiped him.

Genesis 12:9
After this, he traveled on toward southern Canaan.

Genesis 12:10
At this time there was not much food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because there was so little food.

Genesis 12:14
When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.

Genesis 12:16
the king was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was her brother. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

Genesis 12:17
But the Lord sent terrible diseases on the king and all the people in his house because of Abram's wife Sarai.

Genesis 12:18
So the king sent for Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me Sarai was your wife?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now, behold, the king walketh before you,.... He invested with his office, and in the exercise of it, and goes in and out as the captain, commander, and leader of the people; it is expressive of his being in the full possession of regal power and authority, and therefore Samuel might speak the more freely, as he could not be thought to have any hope and expectation of being reinstated in his government, or to have parted with it with any regret; and he wisely took this opportunity of reproving the people for their sin of desiring a king, when Saul was settled and established in his kingdom, and when they were in the midst of all their mirth and jollity, who might, from the success that had attended this first adventure of their king, conclude that they had done a right and good thing in requesting to have one:

and I am old, and grey headed; and so unfit for government, and very willing to be eased of the burden of it: he must surely be more than fifty two years of age, as the Jews generally say he was, since it is not usual at such an age to be grey headed, :-; however, on this account he merited reverence and respect, and demanded attention:

and, behold, my sons are with you; as private persons in the condition of subjects, making no pretension to government; and if they had committed anything criminal, they were open to the law, and might be charged, and tried, and treated according to their deserts; and there they were, and might be asked what questions they thought proper with respect to what they knew of his conduct; and to be hostages or bail for him, if they could prove anything against him; or to be taken to make satisfaction for any injuries committed by him:

and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day; his manner of and conversation from his infancy to this time was well known to them, and he had spent all his days in the service of God, and for the good of Israel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My sons are with you - Possibly, however, a tinge of mortified feeling at the rejection of himself and his family, mixed with a desire to recommend his sons to the favor and goodwill of the nation, is at the bottom of this mention of them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 12:2. My sons are with you — It is generally agreed that these words intimate that Samuel had deprived them of their public employ, and reduced them to a level with the common people.

Have walked before you from my childhood — He had been a long, steady, and immaculate servant of the public.