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1 KaSamuweli 12:1
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Behold: 1 Samuel 8:5-8, 1 Samuel 8:19-22
have made: 1 Samuel 10:1, 1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Samuel 11:14, 1 Samuel 11:15
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:15 - judged
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Samuel said unto all Israel,.... When assembled at Gilgal, after they had recognized Saul as their king, and he was established in the kingdom, and while in the midst of their mirth and joy:
behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye have said unto me; respecting the affair of a king, to which it must be limited, as appears by what follows; otherwise it is possible, in some things they might apply to him about, he did not think fit to hearken to them, and grant their request, or speak for them:
and have made a king over you; that is, had by the direction and appointment of God chosen one by lot, anointed and declared him king; for it was the Lord alone, that, properly speaking, made him a king.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XII
Samuel, grown old, testifies his integrity before the people,
which they confirm, 1-5.
He reproves them for their ingratitude and disobedience; and
gives a summary of the history of their fathers, 6-12.
He exhorts them to future obedience, and calls for a sign from
heaven to confirm his authority, and to show them their
disobedience: God sends an extraordinary thunder and rain,
13-19.
He warns them against idolatry, and exhorts to obedience, and
promises to intercede for them, 20-23.
Sums up their duty, and concludes with a solemn warning, 24, 25.
NOTES ON CHAP. XII
Verse 1 Samuel 12:1. And Samuel said — It is very likely that it was at this public meeting Samuel delivered the following address; no other time seems to be given for it, and this is the most proper that could be chosen.
