1 Samuel 12:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: ”

• 1 Samuel 12:23 - 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 12:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 293 THE ISRAELITES’ REJECTION OF SAMUEL REPROVED 1 Samuel 12:16-23 . Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. Is it not wheat harvest to-...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: God forbid that I should sin - They had earnestly begged...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - 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 12:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Moreover, as for me. — “In this he sets a glorious example to all rulers, showing them that they should not be led astray by the ingratitude of their subordinates or subjects; and give up on that a...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XVII. SAMUEL'S DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE. 1 Samuel 12:6-25 . 2. HAVING vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this chapter, 1 Samuel 12:1-5 ), Samuel now proceeds to his secon...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  His Warning Confirmed from Heaven 1 Samuel 12:14-25 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...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - 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 12:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (20) And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; (21) And turn ye not aside: for t...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Moreover, as for me ,.... As he had given them reason to believe that God would forgive their sin, by which they had offended him, rejecting him as their King, so he likewise forgave their offence a...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: Ver. 23. In ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - 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 12:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Samuel Calls for Thunder; Samuel Encourages and Comforts Israel. B. C. 1069.       16 Now ther...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Think not that because you have so highly disobliged and rejected me, that I will revenge myself by neglecting to pray for you, or by praying against you, as I have now done for your conviction and h...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - 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 12:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  1 Samuel 12:23 Notice: (1) Some of the reasons for intercessory prayer, and (2) some of its encouragements. I. Why is intercessory prayer a great thing? (1) St. Paul lays it down as a positive co...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - 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 12:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 p...

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - 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 12:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Samuel Admonishes the People to Steadfastness

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• 1 Samuel 12:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 8:36 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:10 ; 2 Chronicles 6:27 ; 2 Timothy 1:3 ; Acts 12:5 ; Acts 20:20 ; Colossians 1:28 ; Colossians 1:9 ; Ecclesiastes 12:10 ; Jeremiah 6:16 ; Proverbs 4:11 ;...

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