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Text -- 1 Samuel 12:19 (NET)

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12:19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us– your servants– so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Samuel son of Ammihud; Moses' land distribution deputy for Simeon,son of Tola son of Issachar


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Samuel | SAMUEL, BOOKS OF | Repentance | Rain | JOTHAM | Intercession | more
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Wesley , JFB , Clarke , TSK

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Poole , Haydock , Gill

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TSK Synopsis , Maclaren , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable , Guzik

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: 1Sa 12:19 - -- Whom thou hast so great an interest in, while we are ashamed and afraid to call him our God.

Whom thou hast so great an interest in, while we are ashamed and afraid to call him our God.

JFB: 1Sa 12:17-25 - -- That season in Palestine occurs at the end of June or beginning of July, when it seldom or never rains, and the sky is serene and cloudless. There cou...

That season in Palestine occurs at the end of June or beginning of July, when it seldom or never rains, and the sky is serene and cloudless. There could not, therefore, have been a stronger or more appropriate proof of a divine mission than the phenomenon of rain and thunder happening, without any prognostics of its approach, upon the prediction of a person professing himself to be a prophet of the Lord, and giving it as an attestation of his words being true. The people regarded it as a miraculous display of divine power, and, panic-struck, implored the prophet to pray for them. Promising to do so, he dispelled their fears. The conduct of Samuel, in this whole affair of the king's appointment, shows him to have been a great and good man who sank all private and personal considerations in disinterested zeal for his country's good and whose last words in public were to warn the people, and their king, of the danger of apostasy and disobedience to God.

Clarke: 1Sa 12:19 - -- Pray for thy servants - that we die not - As they knew they had rebelled against God, they saw that they had every thing to fear from his justice an...

Pray for thy servants - that we die not - As they knew they had rebelled against God, they saw that they had every thing to fear from his justice and power

Clarke: 1Sa 12:19 - -- We have added unto all our sins this evil - It is no sin to have a king; a good king is one of the greatest blessings of God’ s providence; but...

We have added unto all our sins this evil - It is no sin to have a king; a good king is one of the greatest blessings of God’ s providence; but it is a sin to put a man in the place of God. Is it not strange that they did not now attempt to repair their fault? They might have done it, but they did not; they acknowledged their sin, but did not put it away. This is the general way of mankind. "God help us, we are all sinners!"is the general language of all people: but though to be a sinner is to be in the most solemn and awful circumstances, yet they are contented to bear the character, heedless of the consequences!

TSK: 1Sa 12:19 - -- Pray for thy : 1Sa 7:5, 1Sa 7:8; Gen 20:7; Exo 9:28, Exo 10:17; Job 42:8; Psa 78:34, Psa 78:35; Isa 26:16; Mal 1:9; Act 8:24; Jam 5:15; 1Jo 5:16

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Poole: 1Sa 12:19 - -- Pray for thy servants for so we shall still own ourselves to be, though we have got another master. Unto the Lord thy God whom thou hast so great a...

Pray for thy servants for so we shall still own ourselves to be, though we have got another master.

Unto the Lord thy God whom thou hast so great an interest in, and canst so easily prevail with for any mercy, whilst we are ashamed and afraid to call him our God, because we have so highly offended him.

That we die not that this terrible storm may be taken away, lest our persons and the fruits of the earth be all destroyed.

To ask us a king: so horribly were they biassed with their prejudices and passions, that nothing but a miracle could convince them of this particular sin.

Haydock: 1Sa 12:19 - -- And Samuel, at whose prayer the Lord had sent such a storm, lest he should punish them as they deserved. But the prophet alleviates their fears, and...

And Samuel, at whose prayer the Lord had sent such a storm, lest he should punish them as they deserved. But the prophet alleviates their fears, and teaches them to refrain from idolatry, and he will still continue to perform his duty in praying for them, and giving them good advice. (Salien) ---

The fear of God is increased by that which the people shew for his servants.

Gill: 1Sa 12:19 - -- And all the people said unto Samuel, During the tempest, and in the midst of it; it was the general cry of the people, they were unanimous in it: p...

And all the people said unto Samuel, During the tempest, and in the midst of it; it was the general cry of the people, they were unanimous in it:

pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not; though they had rejected him as their judge and supreme governor in desiring a king, now they were his humble servants, at least feignedly; and knowing what interest he had with God in prayer, they entreat him to make use of it on their behalf, who having sinned so greatly, had not the assurance to call the Lord their God, though they had no doubt of his being the God of Samuel, whose prayers he had heard, of which this tempest was a full proof; and was so violent, that if it continued, they were afraid they should be destroyed by the thunder and lightning, or they and their cattle, with the fruits of the earth, be washed away with the prodigious rain:

for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king; though Samuel had laid before them the evils and inconveniences of having a king, and had in the name of the Lord charged them with rejecting God as their king; yet nothing convinced them of their evil till this storm came, and then all their sins came fresh to their minds; and this added to the weight of them, and lay heaviest on them, that they had rejected the Lord, and slighted his prophets, and, notwithstanding all remonstrances, resolved on having a king.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Sa 12:19 Heb “for we have added to all our sins an evil [thing] by asking for ourselves a king.”

Geneva Bible: 1Sa 12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto ( l ) all our sins [this] ev...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Sa 12:1-25 - --1 Samuel testifies his integrity.6 He reproves the people of ingratitude.16 He terrifies them with thunder in harvest time.20 he comforts them in God'...

Maclaren: 1Sa 12:13-25 - --1 Samuel 12:13-25 Samuel's office as judge necessarily ended when Saul was made king, but his office of prophet continued. This chapter deals with bot...

MHCC: 1Sa 12:16-25 - --At Samuel's word, God sent thunder and rain, at a season of the year when, in that country, the like was not seen. This was to convince them they had ...

Matthew Henry: 1Sa 12:16-25 - -- Two things Samuel here aims at: - I. To convince the people of their sin in desiring a king. They were now rejoicing before God in and with their k...

Keil-Delitzsch: 1Sa 12:18-19 - -- This miracle therefore inspired the people with a salutary terror. "All the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel," and entreated theprophet, "P...

Constable: 1Sa 8:1--12:25 - --B. Kingship Given to Saul chs. 8-12 "Clearly these five chapters constitute a literary unit, for they ar...

Constable: 1Sa 12:1-25 - --Samuel's second warning to the people ch. 12 The writer wrote chapters 12-15 very skillf...

Constable: 1Sa 12:19-25 - --Samuel's reassurance of the people 12:19-25 The people's rebellion against God w...

Guzik: 1Sa 12:1-25 - --1 Samuel 12 - Samuel's Speech at Saul's Coronation A. Testimony to Samuel's integrity. 1. (1-3) Samuel talks about his leadership over Israel. Now...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF SAMUEL. The two were, by the ancient Jews, conjoined so as to make one book, and in that form could be called the Book o...

JFB: 1 Samuel (Outline) OF ELKANAH AND HIS TWO WIVES. (1Sa 1:1-8) HANNAH'S PRAYER. (1Sa 1:9-18) SAMUEL BORN. (1Sa 1:20) HANNAH'S SONG IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD. (1Sa 2:1-11) TH...

TSK: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called " The First Book of the KINGS."

TSK: 1 Samuel 12 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Sa 12:1, Samuel testifies his integrity; 1Sa 12:6, He reproves the people of ingratitude; 1Sa 12:16, He terrifies them with thunder in h...

Poole: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL OTHERWISE CALLED THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. THE ARGUMENT. IT is not certainly known who was the penman of this Book, or whe...

Poole: 1 Samuel 12 (Chapter Introduction) SAMUEL CHAPTER 12 . Samuel having appointed a king unto the people, testifieth his own integrity, to which they witness, 1Sa 12:1-5 . He setteth bef...

MHCC: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) In this book we have an account of Eli, and the wickedness of his sons; also of Samuel, his character and actions. Then of the advancement of Saul to ...

MHCC: 1 Samuel 12 (Chapter Introduction) (1Sa 12:1-5) Samuel testifies his integrity. (1Sa 12:6-15) Samuel reproves the people. (1Sa 12:16-25) Thunder sent in harvest time.

Matthew Henry: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Book of Samuel This book, and that which follows it, bear the name of Samuel in the title, ...

Matthew Henry: 1 Samuel 12 (Chapter Introduction) We left the general assembly of the states together, in the close of the foregoing chapter; in this chapter we have Samuel's speech to them, when h...

Constable: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) Introduction Title First and Second Samuel were originally one book called the Book of...

Constable: 1 Samuel (Outline) Outline I. Eli and Samuel chs. 1-3 A. The change from barrenness to fertility 1:1-2:10 ...

Constable: 1 Samuel 1 Samuel Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. The First Book of Samuel. Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English...

Haydock: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL; otherwise called, THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS. INTRODUCTION. This and the following Book are called by the Hebrews, the...

Gill: 1 Samuel (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 SAMUEL This book, in the Hebrew copies, is commonly called Samuel, or the Book of Samuel; in the Syriac version, the Book of Samu...

Gill: 1 Samuel 12 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 12 In this chapter Samuel, resigning the government to Saul, asserts the integrity with which he had performed his off...

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