John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:12
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you ,.... Or "but yet" F11 ותראו "videntes autem", V. L. "sed", Tigurine version; "et tamen", Vatablus, Piscator. ; however, notwithstanding though the Lord had been so kind and gracious to them, as to raise up judges one after another to deliver them, when they cried unto him, yet when they perceived that Nahash the Ammonite was preparing to make war with them, instead of applying to the Lord for his... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:6-15
Samuel, having sufficiently secured his own reputation, instead of upbraiding the people upon it with their unkindness to him, sets himself to instruct them, and keep them in the way of their duty, and then the change of the government would be the less damage to them. I. He reminds them of the great goodness of God to them and to their fathers, gives them an abstract of the history of their nation, that, by the consideration of the great things God had done for them, they might be for ever... read more