1 Samuel 12:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 fought against them. ”

1 Samuel 12:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 pl...
1 Samuel 12:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - 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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

God. Hebrew. Elohim . App-4. of Hazor. Septuagint reads "of Jabin king of".
1 Samuel 12:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 foug...
1 Samuel 12:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - 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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - 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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - 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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - 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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 suc...
1 Samuel 12:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 foug...
1 Samuel 12:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 d...
1 Samuel 12:9 - 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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the L ORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reaso...
1 Samuel 12:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 gre...
1 Samuel 12:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - 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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - 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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - 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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - 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...
1 Samuel 12:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samuel Protests his Integrity
1 Samuel 12:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:18 ; Deuteronomy 32:30 ; Isaiah 50:1 ; Isaiah 50:2 ; Isaiah 63:10 ; Jeremiah 2:32 ; Judges 10:7 ; Judges 13:1 ; Judges 2:14 ; Judges 3:12 ; Judges 3:7 ; Judges 3:8 ; Judge...
1 Samuel 12:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 k...

1 Samuel 12:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 12:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 12:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 12:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 12:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 12:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 12:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 12:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 12:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 12:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 12:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 12:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 12:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 12:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes