1 Samuel 12:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. ”

• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have (a) hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. (a) I have granted your petition.

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 12:1-6 a (to witness). In response to a solemn ad...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. And Samuel said - It is very likely that it was at this public me...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And Samuel said unto all Israel— Saul being now publicly recognised for the king of Israel, Samuel takes the occasion of this solemn meeting to appeal to the people in the presence of their king, i...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. Samuel said unto all Israel. The venerable judge, in resi...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Samuel resigns his Judgeship This chapter is a continuation of 1 Samuel 10:17-24 , and the scene of the events recorded is the great national assembly at Mizpeh. Notice, however, the reference to...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And Samuel said unto all Israel. — We believe we possess in this section of our history, in the report the compiler of these memoirs has given us of the dialogue between the judge Samuel and the el...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XVI. SAMUEL'S VINDICATION OF HIMSELF. 1 Samuel 12:1-5 . IT was a different audience that Samuel had to address at Gilgal from either that which came to him to Ram ah to ask for a king,...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Samuel's Last Message to Israel 1 Samuel 12:1-13 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 peo...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 wa...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS This Chapter contains the address to Samuel, on the resignation of his government, now Saul is king. He appeals to him concerning, his own integrity, in the administration of justice; bring...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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:...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. Ver. 1. And Samuel said unto all Israel ] In this most excelle...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Samuel said unto all Israel While they were assembled together in Gilgal. And this is another instance of Samuel's great wisdom and integrity. He would not reprove the people for their sin, in desi...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 i...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Samuel's Discourse to Israel. B. C. 1069.       1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I h...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 12 . Samuel having appointed a king unto the people, testifieth his own integrity, to which they witness, 1 Samuel 12:1-5 . He setteth before them the sins of their ancestors, an...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Samuel Makes A Clean Break From His Civic Responsibilities ( 1 Samuel 12:1-5 ). In his farewell speech Samuel begins by making clear that he is now free from all civil responsibility for Israel. H...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 chap...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 Samu...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And Samuel said unto all Israel. A statesman’s retrospect The closing years in the life of Samuel, the last and greatest of the judges, witnessed a transition in the method of governing the nat...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. "His listening to the voice of the people was based on the repeat...

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 10:1 ; 1 Samuel 10:24 ; 1 Samuel 11:14 ; 1 Samuel 11:15 ; 1 Samuel 8:19-22 ; 1 Samuel 8:5-8

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• 1 Samuel 12:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Said — While they were assembled together in Gilgal. And this is another instance of Samuel's great wisdom and integrity. He would not reprove the people for their sin, in desiring a king, whilst S...

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