1 Samuel 12:25

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

II. Samuel’s solemn concluding Transaction with the Assembly of the People at Gilgal1 Samuel 12:1-251And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold I have hearkened unto your voice in 2all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. And now, behold, the king walketh before you, and I am old and gray-headed,1 and behold, my sons [my sons, behold, they] are with you, and I have walked before you from my 3childhood unto this day. Behold, here I am. Witness against me before the Lord [Jehovah]... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Samuel 12:16-25

1 Samuel OLD TRUTH FOR A NEW EPOCH 1Sa_12:13 - 1Sa_12:25 . Samuel’s office as judge necessarily ended when Saul was made king, but his office of prophet continued. This chapter deals with both the cessation and the continuance, giving at first his dignified, and somewhat pained, vindication of his integrity, and then passing on to show him exercising his prophetic function in exhortation, miracle, and authoritative declaration of Jehovah’s will. I. The first point is the sign which Samuel... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:14-25

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 forsake them, “for his great name’s sake,” 1 Samuel 12:22 . Oh, take these words to heart, and let them linger like a strain of sweet music in your memory! You may have missed the mark, lost your way, and drifted from the ancient moorings, but the love of God has not forsaken you. Being disappointed,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

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 was there a touch of pathos in his speaking of his past relation with the people. He first challenged them as to his conduct during the period in which he had walked before them, and then proceeded solemnly to warn them, in view of the new departure in their history now taking place. In a rapid... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 12:20-25

Samuel Promises Them That He Will Not Forget His Responsibility Towards Them as Their Prophet, Assures Them That He will Pray For Them And Continue To Teach Them The Right Way, And Warns Them Again Of The Necessity Of Being Faithful To YHWH (1 Samuel 12:20-25 ). While they are in this state of remorse Samuel takes the opportunity to stress what they must do in the future. He assures them that he will not fail in his responsibilities of praying for them and teaching them in the future, and in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

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-Joshua : a (to “ witness” ). In response to a solemn adjuration from Samuel, the people agree that his administration has been pure. 1 Samuel 12:3 . to blind mine eyes therewith: LXX “ even a pair of shoes? Answer against me, and I will, etc.” ( mg.) . 1 Samuel 12:6 a – 1 Samuel 12:11 . Samuel briefly reviews the history of Israel, showing the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

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 chapter, and still more from the introduction and the entire contents of the address, that it was delivered on the renewal of the monarchy at Gilgal.”(Keil.) “I have hearkened.” etc. These words correspond exactly to the words in 1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 8:21. Samuel at the same time testifies indirectly to the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

Chapter 12Now in the twelfth chapter Samuel is now sort of stepping down because they have now proclaimed the king. So his career as the judge over Israel has pretty much come to an end, as the reigns of government are now turned over from the theocracy, Samuel the judge speaking for God to the people, now to a monarchy where Saul is ruling. So Samuel is stepping down. This is more or less his farewell speech to the people. He is going to go into pretty much political obscurity after this... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

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 Samuel 12:11 . Bedan, that is, Ben-dan, the son of Dan, or Samson the Danite, as in the Targum, the only judge of that tribe. Samuel omits his name because of his moral errors, or rather because the tongue prefers to shorten long names. 1 Samuel 12:17 . Thunder and rain. Perhaps no man then alive... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 12:6-25

1 Samuel 12:6-25And Samuel maid unto the people.Samuel’s dealings with the peopleHaving vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this chapter), Samuel now proceeds to his second point, and takes the people in hand. But before proceeding to close quarters with them, he gives a brief review of the history of the nation, in order to bring out the precise relation in which they stood to God, and the duty resulting from that relation (1 Samuel 12:6-12).1. First, he brings out the fundamental... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Samuel 12:16-25

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:14-25

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 12:20-25

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 12:1-25

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 12:6-25

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