1 Samuel 12:15

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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 12:9-15

1 Samuel 12:9-15And when they forgot the Lord their God he sold them into the hand of Sisera.National judgments the consequence of national sinsLet us learn from this transaction the important lesson, that national judgments are the certain consequences of national transgression! A lesson, taught not merely in this particular passage of Jewish history, but written in characters the most legible upon every period of their national career--a truth, for the confirmation of which we need not search... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 12:13-25

1 Samuel 12:13-25Now, therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen.Samuel’s farewell addressI. One could hardly fail to note what is here taught respecting the condition of true prosperity. Samuel plainly tells people that, in gaining their desire, they had not made sure of blessing. It still remained that they must fear and serve the Lord. Refusing to do this, His hand would be against them. In early times, when man was in his childhood, it was needful that God should make Himself and His... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:15

1Sa 12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as [it was] against your fathers. Ver. 15. There shall the hand of the Lord be against you. ] This is an excellent way of preaching, - to mingle promises and threatenings. Sour and sweet make the best sauce. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 12:15

But if ye: Leviticus 26:14-Amos :, Deuteronomy 28:15-Judith :, Joshua 24:20, Isaiah 1:20, Isaiah 3:11, Romans 2:8, Romans 2:9 against: 1 Samuel 12:9 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 5:9 - the hand 1 Samuel 9:20 - on whom 1 Samuel 15:23 - rebellion 1 Kings 6:12 - if thou wilt Ezra 9:7 - for our iniquities Lamentations 1:18 - for I read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 12:15

But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.Your fathers — Who lived under the judges; and you shall have no advantage by the change of government, nor shall your kings be able to protect you against God's displeasure. The mistake, if we think we can evade God's justice, by shaking off his dominion. If we will not let God rule us, yet he will judge us. read more

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

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 12:9-15

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 12:13-25

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 12:15

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 12:15

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